cumplidor 0 #1 January 9, 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/od_nm/pesos_pizzas_usa_dc_2 Mark my words- this is the beginning of the shift from the US dollar to the Amero - the new currency of the NAU (north american union) currently being debated in different circles. Which will represent the final stage of destruction of our fine Republic so many of our ancestors died for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #2 January 9, 2007 I could not care less that some pizza shop that caters to Hispanics accepts pesos. Heck, I've bought a pizza with a Chuck E. Cheese coin before. The problem only arises when they try to pay taxes in something besides the USD. Or am I missing something an dthe sky really is falling? steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #3 January 9, 2007 Did you even read the article? Accepting pesos because the pizza business is competitive and there are a large number of people that travel to and fro and have pesos left over is simply good business tactics and has nothing to do with the government adopting a new currency. What I go to Costa Rica most places will accept US dollars because it is smart for them to do so. Costa Rica isn't about to change currencies because of that....This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #4 January 9, 2007 You need not worry.... you'll alll be using the Chinese Yuan soon anyway (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cumplidor 0 #5 January 9, 2007 Maybe then these folks would give a crap. Too bad it will be too late by then... I do imagine by that time though, they will endorse it because it will be accepted as 'normal business' by that time in most places, and one currency instead of two or more is just 'easier' or 'good business'... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #6 January 9, 2007 I hate to break it to you, but at some point in the future the USA as we know it will cease to exist, just like everything else. It's called change. It happens. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,132 #7 January 9, 2007 Yep. Look what happened to Europe once they adopted the Euro. Their economies all fell apart. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #8 January 10, 2007 QuoteMaybe then these folks would give a crap. Too bad it will be too late by then... I do imagine by that time though, they will endorse it because it will be accepted as 'normal business' by that time in most places, and one currency instead of two or more is just 'easier' or 'good business'... There's a whole industry based on conversion of money. They even buy on Margin and Short Sell the stuff like stocks. Been like that for many years. It's one of the reasons Gold became useless as a backer in the Thirties. This restaurant is just doing the conversion themselves for attracting customers. It's nothing new. Matter of fact, it's being done my major companies. A lot of trucks are being built in Mexico right now. We have to convert Pesos to Dollars sooner or later. Bought a Dodge? Sooner or later, that money you spent is going to be converted to Euros._____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willard 0 #9 January 10, 2007 That don't mean diddly. Canadian businesses have been accepting U.S.currency forever. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #10 January 10, 2007 QuoteThat don't mean diddly. Canadian businesses have been accepting U.S.currency forever. Um .... yeahhh.... well that's because they're our little brother, and little brothers always want to be like the big brother. This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #11 January 10, 2007 QuoteMaybe then these folks would give a crap. Too bad it will be too late by then... I do imagine by that time though, they will endorse it because it will be accepted as 'normal business' by that time in most places, and one currency instead of two or more is just 'easier' or 'good business'... Uh... You're contradicting yourself. You're bitching about a "one currency" system because a business agreed to operate under a multi-currency policy. "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cumplidor 0 #12 January 10, 2007 Lou Dobbs has addressed the beginnings of this assualt on American Soverignty in this capture from CNN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdxI0zClV_Y Billvon, the reason why the Euro is doing so well is that it is backed partially by precious metal reserves, and it is the currency of anti-US governments (pre-occupation Iraq). The rest of the world knows the dollar is a fiat currency based on nothing, but being the biggest market for oil in the world everybody must 'pay to play' in the precious US market. It is generally known that Saddam Hussien biggest mistake was not what he did to the Kurds or anyone else. He publicly stated he would no longer accept dollars for oil, euros only. Not long after this, we invaded Iraq. Coincidence? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #13 January 10, 2007 The Euro is backed by the economy of the european nations, not metals. the EU is a floating economy; just like the U.S. Japan, and other major nations. Fiat money is basically an instrument that allows true market value of a currency to reflect its true spending power. In short, it's based on needs, wants and scarcity. Putting anything against metals is artificially valuing money. Gold and platinum belongs in Rappers' teeth and for bling bling or for industy._____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #14 January 11, 2007 QuotePutting anything against metals is artificially valuing money. ???? That seems about exactly backwards...at least to me.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #15 January 11, 2007 If it makes you feel any better - the nice young ladies at a certain strip club/brothel in Moscow accepted US dollars... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #16 January 12, 2007 QuoteQuotePutting anything against metals is artificially valuing money. ???? That seems about exactly backwards...at least to me. What I meant to express is backing the dollar with metals is placing the value of the dollar the same as the metal. This does not reflect true value and this method will cause collapse. What's wrong with using metal itself as currency? Simplest explaination is: Metal value is based on how much of it you can mine. Dollar value is based on how much it can buy._____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #17 January 12, 2007 Hell, that sort of thing has been going on in the South Texas border areas for many, many, many decades. No big deal.The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
