Conspiracy theorists have been grumbling about the Amero for years now. It seems like whenever things take a turn for the worst, the rumor resurfaces.
What is the Amero? It's a hypothetical currency that would be used by Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Think of it as the American version of the Euro (hence the name). The fundamental argument against the Amero becoming a thing is that, put simply, it wouldn't do any of us any good.
The Euro created a single currency which is good throughout Europe. Europe's collective economy was made vastly more difficult by constantly having to perform currency conversions. And each currency fluctuated wildly, both against itself and other currencies. The introduction of the Euro brought stability to the European Union, and is widely considered a rousing success.
But that's Europe. Here in the New World, both Canada and Mexico would benefit somewhat from uniting their currency with that of the United States. But in a very real sense, from our perspective, this has already happened. United States dollars are accepted worldwide, and certainly in Canada and Mexico. The United States has almost nothing to gain from adopting an Amero.
Truthfully, even if we did adopt the Amero, things would not really change. The objections against the Amero seem largely to stem from two quarters:
1. Biblical
End Times, Mark of the Beast, one world government, return of the Antichrist, etc etc.
2. Tax-Dodging
People who have been avoiding paying their full income tax by hoarding up large stashes of cash are understandably upset by this plan. And in fact, many people suspect that if the United States does start pushing the Amero, it will be to bring these people out into the light.
3. ???
The Constitution comes up a lot in these debates. A lot of people seem to believe that if we move to a united currency, the Constitution will be negated? And/or "they" will come in the night for our children? I don't really know what's to blame, here, except the usual overheated paranoia.
You'd better believe that if you show up at the bank with a wheelbarrow of cash and ask to have it converted into Ameros, there would be a lot of questions being asked!
Obviously it only fans the flames when, for example, a coin-designing artist posts pictures of his design for the Amero on his website. When designer Daniel Carr made an Amero coin as a sort of personal art project, I doubt he had any idea what would happen. Pictures of his Amero are widely in circulation among conspiracy theorists as being legitimate proofs put out by the U.S. Treasury Department - which they resoundingly are not.
What is the Amero? It's a hypothetical currency that would be used by Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Think of it as the American version of the Euro (hence the name). The fundamental argument against the Amero becoming a thing is that, put simply, it wouldn't do any of us any good.
The Euro created a single currency which is good throughout Europe. Europe's collective economy was made vastly more difficult by constantly having to perform currency conversions. And each currency fluctuated wildly, both against itself and other currencies. The introduction of the Euro brought stability to the European Union, and is widely considered a rousing success.
But that's Europe. Here in the New World, both Canada and Mexico would benefit somewhat from uniting their currency with that of the United States. But in a very real sense, from our perspective, this has already happened. United States dollars are accepted worldwide, and certainly in Canada and Mexico. The United States has almost nothing to gain from adopting an Amero.
Truthfully, even if we did adopt the Amero, things would not really change. The objections against the Amero seem largely to stem from two quarters:
1. Biblical
End Times, Mark of the Beast, one world government, return of the Antichrist, etc etc.
2. Tax-Dodging
People who have been avoiding paying their full income tax by hoarding up large stashes of cash are understandably upset by this plan. And in fact, many people suspect that if the United States does start pushing the Amero, it will be to bring these people out into the light.
3. ???
The Constitution comes up a lot in these debates. A lot of people seem to believe that if we move to a united currency, the Constitution will be negated? And/or "they" will come in the night for our children? I don't really know what's to blame, here, except the usual overheated paranoia.
You'd better believe that if you show up at the bank with a wheelbarrow of cash and ask to have it converted into Ameros, there would be a lot of questions being asked!
Obviously it only fans the flames when, for example, a coin-designing artist posts pictures of his design for the Amero on his website. When designer Daniel Carr made an Amero coin as a sort of personal art project, I doubt he had any idea what would happen. Pictures of his Amero are widely in circulation among conspiracy theorists as being legitimate proofs put out by the U.S. Treasury Department - which they resoundingly are not.