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Quite so, the small ones have a tendency to accumulate in one’s wallet, don’t they? To small in size and value to be used frequently. Quote:
Likewise, I got habituated to make the conversions and still find myself doing it for the larger amounts. On the other hand, a good number of shops here (not the majority) still post the prices in the old as well as the new currency, does that happens there too? Quote:
Quite true, the obsession of the ECB with control of the inflation is exaggerated in my view; they should have considered a more flexible approach, to take in consideration the state of the Economy.
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Thinking in Belgian franks tends to give me a more secure feeling about worth. The smaller amounts are not that much of a problem but with large amounts in euros I tend to be very careful. I know what I can do with a certain amount of Belgian franks, but not always with a certain amount of euros. I'm sure I will be able to do so one day but I'm just a slow learner. You won't find many dual prices here anymore. It's pretty much only prices in euro. I believe it's to make people rely on counting in euros faster. (And in some cases so you can't see that some shopkeepers took advantage of the euro to raise their prices ![]()
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![]() I'm rather surprised to discover I'm the only person here opposed to the Euro. Maybe I'm more uninformed than I thought ![]() I'm pleased Sweden rejected the Euro. I hope it works out for them ![]()
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![]() Europe is many countries that happen to be next to each other. ![]() I think a unified Europe (although, highly unlikely) would be a force to be reckoned with. However, I do not ever see that happening. I do not believe a common currency would ever change any of that. ![]() |
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Maybe I gave the impression I thought that was what it's like in Europe now. Sorry if I did! What I meant was, Europe's not a federal system but it could become one - and I don't want it to. Quote:
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For instance - the recent stuff with the anti-sodomy laws. Very few states had laws against sodomy. This is contrary to many people's comments saying that they couldn't believe the United States outlawed it - since the US itself actually had NO laws regarding it whatsoever, the individual states did. It was taken to the supreme court and there they decided that it went against the Constitution and basically struck down ALL laws against sodomy. Another example is the death penalty. That is a state decision. many states have the death penalty - many do not. It's not a federal decision. The only way they can truly prevent states from having a death penalty is if the Surpeme Court determines it goes against the Constitution's "cruel and unusual punishment" - which I do not think it does. A third example is our drinking age. The federal government wanted to make the US drinking age 21 throughout the US. Before all states had different ages. The problem is - the federal government - didn't and still does NOT have any say in the drinking age. The only way they got the uniform drinking age was by threatening to cut off federal highway funding to any state which didn't raise it to 21. By the way - anyone who had a problem with me responding can kiss my a$$. As for the Euro - of course you will lose some sense of sovereinty. However the Euro has far more to do with economics and trade - than politcs. I do agree that the EU is on it's way to becoming a federal organization - more like the United States is. You're PMs in the future may become more like our state governors. Your parliaments - may become more like our state legislatures. I feel all this will be a while still and the EU overall will continue to be on the slow road (you have too much of sense of nationality for it to just be eliminated). It's taken roughly 30 years to work on the elimination of passports and a single currency. As I stated before - Europe can learn a lot by how very different sovereign states, with different goals and a sense of individuality joined together to form a new country - by looking at the Constitutional debates and the way the US formed.
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Thanks JD for answering for me. I was bogged down and couldn't get to it.
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I was looking through an old Wired magazine yesterday and they had in there about the Euro. I don't know how this graphic will appear - but it does explain the different parts of the Euro.
![]() Note that this article was magazine came out in January 2002. The Euro has gained against the dollar since then.
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