The €uro...

Just kill the Euro. Please.

Just kill the Euro. Please.

Why?

Just kill the Euro. Please.

Why?

At least in Germany, the average people had only disadvantages since then. When the Euro was introduced, all wages were divided by 1.96, but the numbers at the prizes remained the same, only the currency symbol changed. It's been an almost 100% inflation that time. So I'm for undoing the Euro.

I am aware of the economical problems in Germany when you implemented the €uro, and I don't know enough about your country's economical policy to know why these wasn't prevented. As you know we have voted to stay out of and have been granted exemptions of the EMU, so we still have our own currency.

The fact is that the EU is working towards all countries in EU to join the EMU after the ratification of Maastricht Treaty. I foresee that also my country will change to the €uro after some years. But that is my opinion.

But I am interested in why Rush, the inveterate opponent of all kinds of economical policies as macro economic interventions from the state in regulating the economy in the society, monetary policy, fiscal policy, or our local specialty here in my country, incomes policy, wants to get rid of the €uro, as it is implemented to create that level of free trade and free economy as the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty set the stage for. He, as that liberal he seems to be, should greet any means which support a free economy in society without any interventions and regulations from the government welcome?

At least in Germany, the average people had only disadvantages since then. When the Euro was introduced, all wages were divided by 1.96, but the numbers at the prizes remained the same, only the currency symbol changed. It's been an almost 100% inflation that time. So I'm for undoing the Euro.

He, as that liberal he seems to be, should greet any means which support a free economy in society without any interventions and regulations from the government welcome?

But that is the problem. Once Brussels have all countries under the one currency, they want one income tax policy throughout the EU, as well as other polices.

Each country will then no longer be a nation state but a region of the United States Of Europe. This just won't work because the individual will no longer be in charge of their own life.

The beaurocracy will become too large & the red tape too costly.

Then there is the civil rights of the individual. For example, I e-mail a friend which has comments with regards to a certain matter. Unfortunately for us, it gets into the public domain. It offends someone from another region. The EU Police demand my arrest & transport to the region concerned to be charged.

All this for free trade? No thanks.

Well, mostly I'm joking: it can only benefit the U.S. to dump that thing, it's the only currency that could even hope to compete with the U.S. dollar as the world currency. Heh.

But don't kid yourself, it's controlled far too much to be much help offsetting the massive (and punitive) regulatory scheme that is the EU.

But I'm afraid you're right, EU is too massive and there will be too many opposite opinions among the MEP's and within and the Council of ministers, where they all serve their own little agendas. The bureaucracy is immense in Bruxelles ...

Congratulations. The signature countries have taken this further step toward a unified government. This is what you get. This unification of nations was done out of monetary concerns that seek to prop up their socialist governments. Too bad no intellectuals were able to assert enough influence over the process in order to establish a republic based on liberty.

Further complaints should now be addressed to the 'I hate tyranny department' of the E.U.

There your concerns will be addressed according to the complainent's political pull and party affiliations. Don't concern yourself with subjective matters of 'right and wrong'.......

All of these complaints will be handled in order of priority of your 'need', political affiliation, or just plain volume of your hostile whinginess...

Thus spaketh, ROBathustra!

A drug money launders dream note...



...the €200 notes aren't bad either.
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A drug money launders dream note...



...the €200 notes aren't bad either.

A drug money launders dream note...



...the €200 notes aren't bad either.

Hell, speaking of money laundering: you can't even wash the Euro: Once I forgot a €10 bill in a pocket of my jacket when I washed it (40°C) - what fell out of the pocket was not recognizable as a money bill anymore!
Soak a Euro bill with water, let it dry, and the banks tell you you have a counterfeit -- then, there is no currency I ever used which has been so often successfully really falsified. They even falsify the Euro coins and get away with it - that was impossible with the DM. Of all currencies I got in contact with, thew DM was least able to be falsified, and the Euro is easiest to falsify.

No. They really should go back to DM, Franc, Schilling, etc... and let each country work with their own currency, on their own market.

Well, I don't mind the € - generally it's a god thing to no longer have to change money. But it's true - when the € was implemented some companies tried to make a fortune out of it. As an example: I went at least once a week into a german restaurant for a "Jaegerschnitzel mit Pommes" with my colleagues. Used to pay 17,90 DM and after the € was implemented the price was 11,90 €. No need to say that many people were quite angry and stopped buying stuff, visiting restaurants, etc. That caused prices to go down drastically.

No, it is something like 1€ is about 1.95583 DM.
In my example price changed from 17,90 to 23,27 DM over night.
Sucks :p

There is another thing that most people forget with money. History. With for example the British pound there is significant items/places/people on all of them specific to the UK. with the Euro you don't get anything like that because each country will want their own Euro with some place from their country so you end up with about 50 different designs all being produced with the same value which is kinda silly.
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There is another thing that most people forget with money. History. With for example the British pound there is significant items/places/people on all of them specific to the UK. with the Euro you don't get anything like that because each country will want their own Euro with some place from their country so you end up with about 50 different designs all being produced with the same value which is kinda silly.