Merging the Canadian Dollar, American Dollar and the Mexican Peso

[AcidBomber]

What? No.

But I want all the pennies to be destroyed, they're annoying. <_<

[Squeezer]

NAFTA has killed the U.S. Manufacturing Industry. It has not been a benefit at all except for the corp. owners that move the manufacturing facilities to Canada or Mexico and keep there Offices of operation in the States. Subsidized freight alone that only benefits Canadian and Mexican freight coming into the U.S. has been a big problem. It costs less for a dedicated truck to ship from Vancouver to Miami than it does for me to ship the same truck from Philadelphia to Miami...Nice that the U.S. subsidizes the freight for them and screws over their own manufacturers.

This is how China next year is getting around the tarrif's to import to the U.S. The U.S. put a tax on goods shipped directly from China to the U.S. that are extremely high in re. to the new Chinese Auto's to be introduced next year. The loophole was that China will now deliver as well as open factories in Mexico and use NAFTA to import to the U.S. from Mexico.

NAFTA is one big f'd up deal that screws the U.S. Idustrial workplace. Thank's to Bill Dixie Crap Clinton signing it into law.

Don't believe me, just ask anyone from the UAW how it has impacted their union members.

NAFTA does not benefit the average American Industrial worker.

It does however put more money in the pockets of large business owners.

Corporate high ups tend to "help" decide legislation in this country.

As such, NAFTA makes the rich more rich and screws over the poor Mexicans.

I don't like NAFTA either 404, but it will remain because it works perfectly for CEOs looking only to turn a profit.

[Cops]

A united currency such as the Euro is stronger than certain individual countries, that said it wouldn't be applicable in North America, the Euro is to simplify currency considering there's tons of small countries closely joined to one another. Look at the size of Canada or even America combined with Mexico, it's humongous. I started this thread knowing a little bit about the issue and giving my opinion but also asking questions to understand the different view points.

NAFTA is one of the reasons why this would never work, I think most people agree that for this to work we would have to live in a very different world.

Replacing three papers or possibly two (most people would say it's safer to link Canadian and American currency together than Mexico's) will make them worth more, it would help the American economy in the short term but since you love the long term, it probably would have disastrous affects and isn't worth doing. Canada or America would definitely have to be in a rough shape to ever consider linking their currencies together.

[Jerome Scuggs]

wait so let me get this straight

replacing three pieces of paper with one piece of paper will make the paper worth more?

replacing the paper will do away with nafta?

replacing the paper will stop runaway inflation?

replacing the paper will create jobs?

otherwise i'm having a hard time seeing how this would in any way be a good deal, at all. if mexico uses a new dollar, so what, america is still protectionist as hell and noone is is going to want to invest in mexico no matter how shiny their new currency is.

[Cops]

IT would make Mexico a rich ass country

Basically, but if all it would do is stimulate the American economy short-term and pull Mexico out of it's slum than most people, Canadian and American would not go for this idea.

[Money]

IT would make Mexico a rich ass country

[Vykromond]

These ideas are not good!!!

[Cops]

I wouldn't want a world currency with the type of technology that exists today, the corruption and fake money that would exist would be overwhelming, you'd have countries skirmishing constantly. Some regions of the world are not stable enough to adopt a universal currency, it's one of those good intentions gone wrong kind of things.

[roxxkatt]

why stop there?

REINSTATE THE WORLD DOLLAR!

[Galleleo]

And how much does it cost you to send me stuff Mr. 404

Personally I think bringing in the euro to Finland was a mistake...for us.

[Cops]

And you owe us that money for all that water, lol. Yeah let's not get into a U.S Canada fight, the Europeans and Americans duke it out enough for my liking.

I completely agree with you when you say that we're not considered a legitimate power, which is not completely true. Canada has begun re-arming it's military which even for a liberal douche like myself knows that we need an army, we can't pretend like we can be completely secular of America on foreign policy when we don't have the means to back it up. Canada use to have a rich tradition of armed forces but for the past twenty years we've basically let our military and navy fall to shit, it's turned into a joke about how we'd probably send row boats in a national crisis. I'm glad to see that the HMCS Toronto was one of the first Nato ships to respond to the crisis in Yemen, it's great to see Canadian troops doing things internationally, maybe at some point the American ignorance you speak of will eat it's words.

I say again, I see no reason for the US to do this in the near future. I think things would have to get a lot worse for Americans to even consider that.

Plus I don't see the American economy staying that way, it might be in the decline but America has dominance and at some point they will bounce back. I actually have a long standing argument with most of my friends, I have $2500 of government loans that I was going to invest into an ING account that will give me about 4.5 percent interest but I was thinking of first turning that cash into American, a lot of my friends have openly spoken against this idea and even laughed at the idea but truthfully I have 4 years with this cash and possibly more loans as time goes on and I see America in the next 3 years getting back ahead of Canada. (The student loan is interest free). America needs to simply cut spending (cough war) and you'll see the economy go from 97 cents American to 1 Canadian dollar to 90 cents Canadian to 1 American dollar.

[Squeezer]

No offense Squeezer but your economy is in the decline, Canada surpassed your dollar (not only because America's economy is going downhill but the Canadian Dollar just out performed). If our countries (dare I say Mexico? or is that just out out the question?) created one currency it would help stimulate our economies. If America doesn't really want to do it, I'm fine with how things are going.

Our economy may be in decline but it is still far and away the most powerful economic force on the planet. Not to turn this into a Canada vs. US flamewar, but Canada owes some of it's success to the big brother down south.

On top of that, most US leaders, and Americans for that matter, are too stubborn and arrogant to consider Canada a legitimate power.

I say again, I see no reason for the US to do this in the near future. I think things would have to get a lot worse for Americans to even consider that.

[404 Not Found]

This is why it will never happen. NAFTA benefits the US and as long as it continues as such, there's no reason for change.

NAFTA has killed the U.S. Manufacturing Industry. It has not been a benefit at all except for the corp. owners that move the manufacturing facilities to Canada or Mexico and keep there Offices of operation in the States. Subsidized freight alone that only benefits Canadian and Mexican freight coming into the U.S. has been a big problem. It costs less for a dedicated truck to ship from Vancouver to Miami than it does for me to ship the same truck from Philadelphia to Miami...Nice that the U.S. subsidizes the freight for them and screws over their own manufacturers.

This is how China next year is getting around the tarrif's to import to the U.S. The U.S. put a tax on goods shipped directly from China to the U.S. that are extremely high in re. to the new Chinese Auto's to be introduced next year. The loophole was that China will now deliver as well as open factories in Mexico and use NAFTA to import to the U.S. from Mexico.

NAFTA is one big f'd up deal that screws the U.S. Idustrial workplace. Thank's to Bill Dixie Crap Clinton signing it into law.

Don't believe me, just ask anyone from the UAW how it has impacted their union members.

[Cops]

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