"J. Clarke" wrote in message

The hold-out is that the US is still at least somewhat responsive to the
will of the people and the public doesn't _want_ some bizarre French
system
crammed down its throat.

So instead of getting paid in dollars and cents should we change to a system
of farthings, shillings, or ringgits?

Much of our country happily works with metric every day and have for
decades. Those people don't look any worse for wear.