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  • ThomasPalmer, on 03/10/2008, -254/+59buried for inaccurate, 2 Euros is now 4 USD, and it's a coin, not a bill.
    • Henko, on 03/10/2008, -4/+2382 Euros = 3.0766 U.S. dollars today.
      • ThomasPalmer, on 03/10/2008, -61/+4"Google cannot guarantee the accuracy of the exchange rates used by the calculator."
        Is the USD making a comeback? It used to be about 4 USD. Either way, this is inaccurate.
        • LUCCHINA, on 03/10/2008, -1/+26Taux du marché moyen en direct 2008.03.09 22:54:30 UTC.
          2,00 EUR
          Euro
          =
          3,06680 USD
          États-Unis Dollars
          1 EUR = 1,53340 USD
          1 USD = 0,652145 EUR
          With no commission charge...
          • berryhill, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2I love how Sweden and Finland look like a giant penis on the coin. You must be proud.
        • ThomasPalmer, on 03/10/2008, -41/+1@LUCCHINA

          "Is the USD making a comeback? It used to be about 4 USD."
          • scallon, on 03/10/2008, -1/+48Are you thinking about British Pounds?
          • bobburn, on 03/10/2008, -0/+23Yeah, he must be. The Euro reached an all-time record against the dollar last week (~$1.543)
          • alex7575, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6Some people just don't know when to give up, even when obviously wrong...
        • DaviDTC, on 03/10/2008, -4/+44The USD isnt making a come back, it is slipping further and further south. I think you were just talking out of your ass.
          http://finance.google.com/finance?q=USDEUR
        • mydigga, on 03/10/2008, -0/+20@ ThomasPalmer

          Monday, March 10, 2008
          2 Euro = 3.07210 US Dollar
        • nospinhere, on 03/10/2008, -19/+33It never used to be 4USD you *****
          • moofer, on 03/10/2008, -7/+32+1 for being right, -2 for needlessly being an ass hole. Overall score: -1
        • quarkie, on 03/10/2008, -2/+17He's thinking British Pounds
        • Nupeper, on 03/10/2008, -4/+2wow... its just a joke
        • CedEx, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Just to clarify...
          2 British pounds = 4.0268 U.S. dollars as of today.
      • robbh66, on 03/10/2008, -0/+15I remember when it was the $.75 piece :(
        • grat2001, on 03/10/2008, -2/+1You mean the 1 euro...And yea I remember that too.
      • TheTaoOfBill, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4Also if anyone finds a US quarter that is pre 1965 those quarters are made with 90% silver and since the silver rates are skyrocketing compared to the falling dollar those pre 1965 quarters are worth 3 dollars as well.
    • electromage, on 03/10/2008, -3/+37$3.06680 according to XE.com
    • satanswetnipple, on 03/10/2008, -3/+81Give it a few months, and it can be the new American $5 denomination.
    • Jahweh, on 03/10/2008, -16/+53Don't confuse the GREAT british pound with the Euro :D
      • iticu, on 03/10/2008, -1/+4And yet the Euro probably buys more.
        Yay for VAT and crappy taxes on everything. >.
    • jasz, on 03/10/2008, -13/+16Anyone noticed that Between Finland and Sweden it looks like a huge dong?
      I can't remember where I read that Norwegians should join the UE to avoid this dong in their currency :P

      -- Edit -> eepi beat me to it below... :( ... bury me
      • richardiscool, on 03/10/2008, -2/+3Yes, everyone, since the Euro launched.
    • NoCt1, on 03/10/2008, -19/+5Euro is at 1.5336
      and gbp is at 2.017

      where are you getting these numbers?

      And this is from the jp morgan forex accounts. not google finance.
      • hiro, on 03/10/2008, -2/+32Ermm..... two times 1.5336 is about 3 isn't it? Not had your coffee today?
    • NoCt1, on 03/10/2008, -26/+6@Myself.

      I am retarded. forgot it was saying 2 euro not 1. So.. forgive me.
    • rankftw, on 03/10/2008, -3/+31Well done for writing the most fail comment of the day.
      • jrook85, on 03/10/2008, -8/+8Well done for the worst usage of "fail" ever.
    • raytibbitts, on 03/10/2008, -17/+4Pretty soon I'll get the last laugh...
      When I came to Europe from the U.S. I was laughed at when I tried to get employed, doing the same amount of work for the same pay as in the States.
      When 2 Euros eventually make it to $4, then I will finally be getting paid what I used to get paid.

      Taxes will still be worse over here, but at least my medical expenses are less.
      Too bad gas still costs 3x as much as it does back home.
      • robbh66, on 03/10/2008, -2/+7I fail to see at any point, you getting the last laugh. You're still not getting paid what you used to, and even when you do, you lost all that potential income up until you're making the same amount- and you pay more taxes.
        • raytibbitts, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1No point really, just complaining.
          I still can't believe how low the salaries are over here.
          Sometimes the best reasons to move somewhere are not financial.
      • thugok, on 03/10/2008, -1/+5I really hope you do not work in finance.
        • raytibbitts, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1I am happy to fulfill your real hopes!!
          I don't work in finance. My wife and I simply agreed before we got married, that we would take turns living in places that make us happy.
          I just never expected the salaries in western europe to be so low, is all.
          But now, I can smile as the money I put away for my return to Cali keeps on getting worth more and more dollars, until one day I transfer it to a U.S. bank, or maybe I don't, if I am happy here.
    • Ishiguro, on 03/10/2008, -8/+8I just thought it was a reference to being as queer as a $3 dollar bill, which it is.
    • ricecompelsyou, on 03/10/2008, -3/+5hah you just owned yourself
    • Wendigo6x3, on 03/10/2008, -3/+13buried for ***** dumbass
    • borez, on 03/10/2008, -3/+1Alrighty!
    • xTrScoops, on 03/10/2008, -1/+0buried for inaccurate.
    • JDska55, on 03/10/2008, -0/+0buried for not having a sense of humor.
    • coyote1284, on 03/11/2008, -1/+1It's Euro, it's always been queer.
      /What? It really is weird to me!
    • almightyzam, on 03/11/2008, -1/+1Wait, so why don't people just post that 1 Euro = 1.5383 U.S. dollars?
      !!!!
      Breaking News:
      4 Euros = 6.1532 U.S. dollars
    • dustinjr1993, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1thats what i was gonna say!!! its not a bill
  • eepi, on 03/10/2008, -25/+416Behold the great image that Finland, Sweden and Norway makes up. =)
    • plateofboxes, on 03/10/2008, -6/+109Indeed. Genitalia on a coin is a must
    • satanswetnipple, on 03/10/2008, -12/+4I was going to comment on this as well... I did spot that growth on the shaft though... Genital Warts?
    • Paroparo, on 03/10/2008, -1/+97Just Finland and Sweden actually. The reason Scandinavia doesn't look like a giant wang on the map is that Norway breaks the shape, but the early euro coins only had the EU countries in it.

      The new ones include all of Europe, and thus no penis.
      • 4DFX, on 03/10/2008, -0/+8Just to confirm what Paroparo said:
        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5 ...
      • WorldUp, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2All true, Paroparo. It´s also nice to see that between Finland and Sweden, the finns got the balls and the swedes are the dicks. But then again, the finns are drunk most of the time and the swedes got the hot babes. It evens out, and a visit to the male genitals of Europe is highly recommended. Greetings from Norway.
    • budser, on 03/10/2008, -19/+3And what's with Sweden being uncircumcised? I know digg doesn't like circumcision, but I thought for sure they had advanced health care over there.
      • jeuhrn, on 03/10/2008, -3/+26Uh, this might come as a big shock, but circumcision is almost entirely unexistant among caucasian europeans.
        In Norway it's illegal.
        • teh_techie, on 03/10/2008, -2/+9It's also highly non-existent among atheists... due to there being no religious reason to do it...
          • Myonosken, on 03/10/2008, -13/+1What about medical need? It's more common than you think tbh.
          • westhe32nd, on 03/10/2008, -2/+7I don't particulary like atheists, but I ***** HATE circumcision (forced on children anyway)....dugg!
          • Antwan718, on 03/10/2008, -9/+4Would ya rather have it done when your 14 years or 14 seconds old take your pic.
          • westhe32nd, on 03/10/2008, -4/+13How about never? The overwhelming population of the world (I've heard figures from 70-80%) is NOT cut. You're American (as am I), and therefore think that is HAS to be done at some point in life. So ignorant....do your ***** research before looking like more of a horses ass you *****.
        • Trynemjoel, on 03/10/2008, -0/+12Circumcision of women is illegal in Norway, from the law passed in 1995 and is seen as so serious that the people involved (usually family members) can be put to trial as if it was done in Norway, even if they had it done in another country(which is common). Male circumcision is not illegal in Norway.
        • Viend, on 03/12/2008, -1/+2Well duh female circumcision is illegal, it's some tribal *****.
      • Myonosken, on 03/10/2008, -0/+11Aside from medical need, circumcision is rare over here. Heck, some European states have banned it for anything but medical reasons.
      • assassinmonkey, on 03/10/2008, -0/+10Theres an episode of Penn & Tellers ***** that covers circumcision, and it is just that.
      • jakobahman, on 03/10/2008, -1/+15Because cutting away a piece of your foreskin is considered advanced where you come from?

        We here in Sweden consider stuff like brain surgery advanced health care...
    • assassinmonkey, on 03/10/2008, -3/+3I came here to post that :) spotted it the first time they went into circulation.
    • minorthreat, on 03/10/2008, -17/+3Why did they put Norway on the coin? They don''t even use Euro's... I guess they just wanted to put a wang on the coin.
      • Styleboost, on 03/10/2008, -0/+15Norway's not on the coin in this photo. That's why it looks like a wang.
      • Thogster, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4There's several countries in the EU that does not use Euros, including Denmark, Sweden and even the UK. The reason Norway wasn't (I think it is now) on the Euro-coins and notes is because we're not part of EU, unlike the majority of European countries.
        • Agger, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3Yes, the countries on the first euros where the members of the EU, not the users of the euro or the European countries.
    • lore, on 03/10/2008, -1/+14Sweden doesn't use the Euro either.
    • hiro, on 03/10/2008, -0/+19Neither does the UK
      • bosssmiley, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Steady on. We've barely got the hang of this decimal currency thing yet. You want us to use a currency that's both godlessly decimal and contemptibly foreign*? Madness I say! Children would run away crying! Old women would collapse in the streets! Expectant mothers would birth vile pig-babies!

        * for great irony: most of the Euro coins are minted in the UK, and then exported to the funny-money zone.
    • Grummond, on 03/10/2008, -1/+8Neither does Denmark
    • Crozz, on 03/10/2008, -1/+5Norway isn't on that particular coin.
    • Schmich, on 03/10/2008, -0/+17There's a difference between EU countries and countries that use the €uro.
      • DemDude, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Actually, there is a difference between European countries, EU (European Union) countries and those that use the €uro ^^
    • Eucolastic, on 03/10/2008, -2/+0omg this is sooooooooo weird haha
    • Kakemonster, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5Norway isnt in the EU so thats why were excluded
    • Agger, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6Horrible geography fail... Norway isnt on the Euro because Norway isnt a memeber of the EU...
      • macwac, on 03/10/2008, -3/+3You should consider yourself lucky! Who would want a group of countries decide upon what rules should govern your country? Its like NAFTA... uh oh? And the greater reich!
    • lukemandese, on 03/10/2008, -0/+14IT'S A PENIS EVERYONE!! HAHAHAHA!
    • ExiL3, on 03/10/2008, -4/+2why do so many people give this a thumbs up, when the dude totally doesn't know his geography!?!?
  • FuriousGopher, on 03/10/2008, -8/+361'Shame the thumbnail gives it away :(
    • DKSprocket, on 03/10/2008, -0/+11Yeah the joke would have been so much funnier without the thumbnail. :(
    • Speesh, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5Hehe, I lucked out and missed the thumbnail =D
      Great laugh.
    • troyfoley, on 03/10/2008, -0/+13and here I was hoping Limp Bizkit was announcing a comeback album.
    • ZeroSumDivide, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5My first thoughts: I see what you did there.
  • Jrepass, on 03/10/2008, -7/+55Its just so wrong its right.
  • kalleanka, on 03/10/2008, -50/+13"The USD isnt making a come back"

    Maybe you missed out, but there is an election going on here... When Bush is gone and we get back fiscal responsibility on the political agenda the value of the dollar will increase again - give it some time... a years or two and it be back on track.
    • metapop, on 03/10/2008, -32/+15that may have been the correct answer had ron paul been elected. no one else has mentioned limiting the federal reserve regarding printing money, and only one sincerely wants to limit spending in iraq. john mccain in particular has no idea financially what he's talking about. if you doubt me, watch this.
      http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tu-tg1kQ8dk
      • Retnuh730, on 03/10/2008, -14/+13buried for ronpaulspam.
      • noahhoward, on 03/10/2008, -11/+6Dugg for truth.
      • MidnightRealism, on 03/10/2008, -9/+14Ron Paul sucks, kill yourself.
        • techweenie1, on 03/10/2008, -6/+3***** YOU and your Buddy OSBAMA.
        • Purin, on 03/10/2008, -1/+6Wow, you would have never gotten away with that a few months ago.
          • MidnightRealism, on 03/11/2008, -1/+2It feels great. Try it sometime.
    • satanswetnipple, on 03/10/2008, -0/+17The US dollar is unlikely to remain in the position it has been for the best part of a century. Many oil producing nations have been angered by US foreign policy for decades, and now they see the soft underbelly of a superpower that has stretched it's debt and military too far. The fewer commodities that are traded in US$, the less it will be worth.

      This can be seen as a bonus for US based farmers and manufacturers, as imports will rise in price, and make US produced products more competitive. A few countries though have planned for this though, and have tied their currencies to the US$... looks at China.
      • philipl411, on 03/10/2008, -1/+6One of the few times I have seen a posting that looks at the issue correctly.
      • Khannea, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3Hmmm a soft lillywhite doughnutty underbelly....
    • rivalius13, on 03/10/2008, -18/+7Ron Paul!! RON PAUL!! RON PAUL!!!!!!!!
    • Khannea, on 03/10/2008, -2/+5I hear the sestersius (worth four asses) is making a surprise comeback too with the Roman senate re-establishing control after a brief hiatus.
    • bob501337, on 03/10/2008, -4/+7Ha, you think it's all Bush's fault? Take some sort of intro to econ class when you get to be a senior in high school, you'll find there's this little thing called the Fed...
      • ladbroke, on 03/10/2008, -1/+3You think the 3 trillion Iraq War, coming Social Security time bomb, and mountain of foreign debt don't have something to do other nations' valuation of the American dollar and our ability to pay off our debt, hence creating the fall of of the dollar? If you took some kind of macroeconomics course in college, you'd see there are these things called foreign exchange markets...
      • PoonGnarfler, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1When did Bush have anything to do with the "coming Social Security time bomb"? Unless you count the fact that he is one of the 50 million baby boomers that are the real reason.
        • ladbroke, on 03/12/2008, -0/+1Okay. He's an elected leader. Our prior elected leaders did nothing about it, instead leaving it to the next president. Dubya is leaving it to the next president. How does that make him any less culpable? Don't elected leaders have to make tough decisions anymore, even at the sake of their own electability?
    • zmigliozzi, on 03/10/2008, -3/+6Bush controls the value of the dollar? He really is getting more and more powerful everyday. /sarcasm
      • thugok, on 03/10/2008, -1/+3I'm not the best economist on digg but I think blowing trillions of dollars in another country with nothing to show for it tends to take a toll on your economy, which is where your currency gets it's value. This is an oversimplification but it is pretty accurate. So yes, Bush does control the value of the dollar.
    • njhardc0re, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1I bet your voting for Hilary aren't you.
    • patrickloggins, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Maybe 10.
  • cnot3, on 03/10/2008, -8/+243"Behold, the new $3 bill!" The old five dollar bill? (give it a few years)
    • jzuska, on 03/10/2008, -27/+3It's funny becasue of Obama!
    • themoose, on 03/10/2008, -15/+5You mean the old one dollar bill.. US$ has become worth less, not more.
      • brianara3, on 03/10/2008, -2/+9... buried for sucking at math ;-) If the US$ goes down, it will take more of them to buy a euro.
    • heystoopid, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2at current rate of stagflation about to move up another gear probably within three months from now !
  • turdblossom1, on 03/10/2008, -6/+17i thought this would have something to do with that old bill clinton dollar being updated to a george bush dollar
    • Xplorer, on 03/10/2008, -1/+6You are only 7 years late on that one...
    • BruceDude, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1The George Bush dollar is only going to be worth $0.23
      • Barryke, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Don't think recursive to much, you'll get insane.
  • SpookyApplePie, on 03/10/2008, -50/+237THE £ IS STILL STRONGER
    • 1randomguy08, on 03/10/2008, -9/+222HEY IS YOUR CAPS LOCK BUTTON BROKEN?
      • bonds, on 03/10/2008, -3/+45Yeah, maybe he should, you know, use a few of those strong pounds to buy a new caps luck button.
      • iiBeLiEvE, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3THE DOLLAR IS STILL WEAKE- aw, crap.
      • Uranium118, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1nvm
      • Auler, on 03/11/2008, -2/+0MINE IS, I NEED TO FIND SOMEONE TO FIX IT. DO YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT MAY BE ABLE HELP?
      • Pritchard, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2NO ITS WORKING JUST FINE CANT YOU SEE? HOW ELSE WOULD I BE ABLE TO USE IS SO SKILLFULLY?
      • bballbackus, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2text-transform: uppercase?
    • robbinzo, on 03/10/2008, -21/+5It's all fiat money - it has absolutely no backing.
      What makes you think British paper will be worth any more than American paper in the future?
      • gak001, on 03/10/2008, -1/+19You know, a lot has happened in the world of economics since 1776 when Mr. Smith published his book.
        • joanthens, on 03/10/2008, -3/+3Yes, the proliferation of fiat money, which introduced boom/bust cycle, inflation and enormously powerful bankers
          • mciampa1214, on 03/10/2008, -1/+3As opposed to the endless non-cycle of desolate poverty, starvation, disease, and enormously powerful kings? Yeah that sounds a lot better!
      • frazw, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1The same reason it has value now, it is perceived to.
      • hokie47, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3So basically you think think our economy should like some War Craft game where your worth is the amount of gold you can mine.
      • eggraid, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1The fact that it is worth now... otherwise, people would not hold it if they thought they would lose doing so! Unless you know anything we don't and are willing to share, we'll keep accepting the actual conversion rate thank you
    • saxreturns, on 03/10/2008, -3/+31Well, thanks for your expert market update there.
      • wyrdness, on 03/10/2008, -0/+12The pound is at the highest it's been against the dollar since the early 1980's.
        Source:http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/dollhist-graph.htm
        • saxreturns, on 03/10/2008, -1/+8You don't need to tell me that, I'm English and I've been making fun of my American friends with it for months!
      • Cassius2117, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Did you notice that dip after 1980 until 1985, almost got 1:1 value. I hope that happens again, would make a great vacation so cheap.
    • Berkana, on 03/10/2008, -9/+2KIRA DISAGREES.
    • DreKor, on 03/10/2008, -12/+81ENGLAND PREVAILS!
      • FallOfDay, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4At which point, all V needs to do is keep his word. And then...
    • smek2, on 03/10/2008, -31/+4DREAM ON ENGLAND. YOUR ROYALS ARE DEMENTED, YOUR FORMER EMPIRE CRUMBLED AND NOBODY GIVES A FLYING ***** ABOUT YOU. Matter of fact, i spoke to several english men in a pub, several years ago, and they all told me they want the euro.
      • snolan1990, on 03/10/2008, -2/+7well then you must have talked to the least English men in England. In theory of course changing makes sense but who wants to let there currency get changed...... well not me at least

        all i know is while the £ is strong im going to be ordering my 12" off of American sites and get records for a third of the price

      • Christbait, on 03/10/2008, -0/+7You're probably a yank, and seeing as you felt the need to throw in the whole Imperialist thing, you're probably still living in the past, the 1800s to be precise. So what would you know about anyone else's country apart from your own?
      • ChayD, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5I'll stick with my GBPs thank you very much.
      • PoonGnarfler, on 03/11/2008, -0/+0Those are apparently English men who don't understand that if they switch to the Euro their currency will be devalued, not to mention they're probably assholes with a superiority complex like you
    • Sananda, on 03/10/2008, -4/+20 England needs a strong currency since their business relies mostly on imports.
      • drakenlot, on 03/10/2008, -0/+20and US doesn't?

        Granted, I may be talking out of my ass here, but doesn't US rank really high for total imports?
        • doyoulikeworms, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3The highest.
        • Syphon8, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1But percentage vs. exports wise, not as high as England.
        • eggraid, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1US economy was doing better when you were net exporters too
      • Greg2k, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1The UK also needs a strong currency since their business relies mostly on imports.
    • FallOfDay, on 03/10/2008, -0/+8The way it's going, not for much longer. Take a look at the GBP/EUR exchange rate. Soon, it'll be in our interests for a Sterling peg to the Euro, else we'll follow the USD down the hole. Regardless of whether you presently like the idea or not.
    • themarq, on 03/10/2008, -3/+43LOUD NOISES!
    • JackHererUK, on 03/10/2008, -4/+6No it isn't, the poud has been falling against the euro for months.
    • borez, on 03/10/2008, -0/+13I'm in the UK getting paid from across the pond, it's ***** me right off coz my wages just keep going down and down.
    • Christbait, on 03/10/2008, -6/+8***** the EU and EURO and tell that sleazy Scot Brown to let us have the referendum he PROMISED us.
    • bobartig, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Hey now, we've LONG since given up on comparing the $$$ to the GBP. It's just too far out of reach now. The Euro is slipping away as well. At least we can keep neck and neck with the canadian dollar "most" days.
    • exomni, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Of course it is. If it wasn't, it wouldn't exist. And as soon as it isn't, it won't exist.
    • almightyzam, on 03/11/2008, -4/+4£uck u and £uck the UK,
      except for you Ireland, you know I love you.
      • ComplexBlue, on 03/11/2008, -0/+4Ireland is not part of the United Kingdom, just as the USA isn't part of Austrialia. Now excuse me, but I have to run after that leprachaun under the rainbow!

        *stumbles away - obviously very drunk but yet very happy and welcoming*
      • heidivodka, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1I'm guessing you are american, if so it was f*ucks like you who supported the IRA terrorists. Giving them money and arms to kill innocent people.
    • WeThePeople2012, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1you know that as soon as the Euro surpasses the Pound the UK will make the Euro it's official currency... English chicks are sooo hot with that sexy accent.
      • PoonGnarfler, on 03/11/2008, -0/+0Why the ***** did you add that last part?
    • tigger04554, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2Actually the £ has been falling against the euro as well - used to be worth €1.50 now it's €1.29 and falling... which ***** me off as I'm paid in old-fashioned £s
    • pyromonkey, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1I know, I get paid in dollars in the UK. :(
  • 1randomguy08, on 03/10/2008, -37/+169Yeah and what you can buy 1 litre of petrol with that? Whilst in the US you can buy a whole gallon which is like 3.6/3.8litres? = Owned.
    • djruden, on 03/10/2008, -3/+78It could also be noted that when buying an iPod classic here for $250 US dollar (or any apple product) it would cost 250 EURO over there (which comes to about $375)...
      • Lutremi, on 03/10/2008, -1/+20So guys are still getting ripped then? :P
        • bigbadgoat, on 03/10/2008, -0/+7Isn't tax built into your prices or something?
          • powatom, on 03/10/2008, -1/+11In the UK at least, VAT is added to the price of most things. VAT is 17.5% of the retail price. I think on some goods it's set at 5%, but don't ask me what they are. There are also untaxable goods, which obviously have 0% tax :P

            We do get ripped off over here - mostly by American companies who don't seem to understand what 'currency conversion' means. $250 != £250 :(
          • gak001, on 03/10/2008, -2/+12Why waste money and manpower calculating currency conversions when you can rip off the Europeans and they will keep buying your products?
          • sexybobo, on 03/10/2008, -0/+10@powatom
            Holy ***** 17.5% sales tax? i though 7% was a lot.
          • bigbadgoat, on 03/10/2008, -0/+413% HST where I live.
          • KingBabi, on 03/10/2008, -0/+519.5% in France.
          • anderss, on 03/10/2008, -0/+425% in Denmark
          • mrowlinson, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6No sales tax in Delaware, that's why all the Europeans come to our big mall when they come over here before heading up to New York.
          • Light11, on 03/10/2008, -0/+412 in manitoba
          • hajamieli, on 03/10/2008, -0/+322% in Finland
          • TomTruelle, on 03/10/2008, -0/+312.8 in Quebec
          • mikev, on 03/10/2008, -0/+219% in greece
          • 1randomguy08, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Australia is 10% known as Goods and Services Tax aka GST
          • allengeer, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1But do you have income tax?
          • powatom, on 03/12/2008, -0/+1@allengeer

            Yes.
      • meatmcguffin, on 03/10/2008, -3/+49Don't forget that many places in Europe have tax included in the price. All prices in the UK have 17.5% added on as VAT. It goes straight to the government and paid for my medical bills when I broke my collar bone = owned
        • Richggs, on 03/10/2008, -3/+9But yet if we get a perscription we still have to pay a fee for that... UK people = Bowned by goverment
          • drakenlot, on 03/10/2008, -1/+5Here in Canada it's similar, near free health care, but the catch we have is a 15 hr wait time to get a broken bone checked out... (slight exaggeration)
          • Antwan718, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3Yet doctors over there dont write scrips out of their asses for anything...
          • WalesAlex, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4You don't in Wales. Non-Welsh people = owned.
          • bigbadgoat, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5Yeah thats a slight exaggeration of about 750% unless there's a crisis in the ER.
          • TheLD, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5£6 for drugs worth hundreds = owned
        • toddsayshi, on 03/10/2008, -7/+3But our health care is much better in the U.S.
        • adrenaline33, on 03/10/2008, -2/+3Get any job in the US and you have health care and don't have to pay 20% sales tax=owned. Oh and the Euro could be worth twice as much and Europeans would still pay more for American products.
        • 1randomguy08, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Not owned actually im from Australia. Our petrol prices are in between yours(UK) and the (US) plus we ALSO have free health care = Owned.
          • djruden, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1I doubt it's 'free'. Somebody somewhere is paying for it, and I bet at the end of the day, its you!
          • 1randomguy08, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1true true, but I think people who are paying the highest tax bracket (40/45%) are paying alot more of it then I am.
          • Lazn0r, on 03/12/2008, -0/+11randomguy08. We don't have free health care...You have to pay for it, if we had free health care we wouldn't have HBO ads with the kid talking about which way his legs and head went after the crocodile bit him into parts
      • Myonosken, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4Release delays do contribute with many products, mind. But yes, as meatmcguffin said, we pay a bit more and needn't worry if we walk in to the road whilst listening to that iPod.
      • pirloui, on 03/10/2008, -1/+3It's terribly annoying that Apple don't adjust the prices here, as the 18% sales tax we have does absolutely not equate to the 33/50% there is between the € and the $.
        I've supported the Macintosh platform since 92, but Apple as a corporation isn't much fun anymore.
      • Agger, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1Yea that's bad... it's the same with most things... I guess some ppl are trying to pass of the dollar and the euro as equals... someone els smell a conspiracy?
    • decet, on 03/10/2008, -16/+43How many miles would this gallon transport you? 25?
      And how many miles can I buy with the 3$ coin in Europe? 35?
      I won't even speculate about the average distance between settlements.
      • sexybobo, on 03/10/2008, -1/+16Um in england gas cost a little over 2.5x what it cost in the states for 1 gallon. Also our 1 gallon of gas takes us just as far as your 1 gallon of gas.
        • Antwan718, on 03/10/2008, -10/+11Wrong, there are the same amount of BTU's in the same gallon of fuel but vehicles in Europe tend to have higher efficency ratings, thus making the cost/distance ratio comparably better.
          • sexybobo, on 03/10/2008, -2/+10We have mini's and the likes over here in the states as well. I personally have a 1995 Ford crown vic which gets a respectable 25mpg highway 20city but that is just because at 6'5" I don't fit in a british car. Not all Americans drive 10mpg SUV in fact most don't.
          • LaminatedParrot, on 03/10/2008, -4/+2no *****, Sherlock
          • twentytortures, on 03/10/2008, -1/+5Most don't? Maybe in the eastern part. Out here (Nothern Colorado) everybody thinks they need to have huge trucks and SUV's.
        • TheLD, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4But can you go from one end of the country to the other on a single tank?
      • bsurette, on 03/10/2008, -1/+5Way to spin overcrowding!
      • bonedead, on 03/10/2008, -6/+9Haha, europe, still so old fashioned and cute. Settlements, lol. What are you guys, pioneers on the barren frontiers? lols
        • HonestTruth, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2Actually I think he was referring to you guys.
          Sure you got many huge cities.
          But most of the US is small backwater hick towns.
          So hmm, yeah. lols to you partner'
          • adrenaline33, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3Most of the US is small backwater hick towns? Have you been to the US?
          • bagelmaster, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1He probably watches westerns and thinks the U.S. is still like that.
      • 1randomguy08, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1I'm from Australia i'm pretty sure 1 gallon would get you much further then what you can buy with 2 Euros.
    • nonamemark, on 03/10/2008, -20/+14yea and your gas guzzuling SUV's help with that, ready to sigh the Koyoto Protocol yet?
      • slashbot, on 03/10/2008, -2/+12Sigh? lol...
      • tehmacuser, on 03/10/2008, -2/+12 the Kyoto Protocol?
        PROTIP: Proper grammar makes you look less like a dumbass.
        • robnab, on 03/10/2008, -6/+4Capital T to start a sentence, You mean to criticise spelling not grammar. Pedantically speaking of course. Dumbass.
        • repmekevets, on 03/10/2008, -0/+7you just used a capital Y after a comma... you're not so bright either.
          • robnab, on 03/10/2008, -5/+0It wasn't a comma, it was a pedant detector
        • ZedX, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5You're arguing on the Internet in Digg comments. You're all idiots.
    • slashbot, on 03/10/2008, -15/+20I think people up here wallowing in their smug stupidity must not realize that we do not all in reality own SUV's.

      My car gets quite good mileage actually and I pay a fraction of what you do for gas and VAT for all the socialist programs over there. It must be nice seeing all those nice Euros flying out of your pocket.
      • ja9ae, on 03/10/2008, -4/+25It was also nice to receive a free college education and free health care - pros & cons fellow digger.
        Fuel prices over here are pretty outrageous though I'll grant you.
        • slashbot, on 03/10/2008, -14/+9Maybe. I still like the ability to decide with my money what kind of healthcare I get.
          • drakenlot, on 03/10/2008, -3/+12Until you need to hand over $1000 for some stupid simple procedure huh?

            I love being in Canada, awesome health care, and not outrageous gas prices, tuition, etc.
          • hurt911gen, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2...along with 30% tax rate and cradle to grave social programs. No thanks, I can choose for myself.
        • sexybobo, on 03/10/2008, -8/+9you realize it is not free right. It has a little to do with the 17% vat you pay for every thing you buy and all the other taxes you pay. I personally think i can do a better job paying for my own insurance and my own health bills and my own college then the government can.
          • ja9ae, on 03/10/2008, -4/+11Yes I realise I am paying for it right now with my taxes, but at the time neither I nor my family had the money for that education and so the government picked up the tab. I'm now an active member of the economy generating plenty of tax revenue, so I guess their investment was worth it for them, as it was for me.
        • DannoSpeaks, on 03/10/2008, -2/+12Free?? I'm not even from England and I know it isn't free. You pay the entire amount in taxes. Also, many people who can afford it elect to get better coverage through insurance in England. Just because you don't pay out of pocket doesn't mean it is free. Believe me, Americans don't go around telling people that the Iraq war is "free".
    • northerngit, on 03/10/2008, -10/+23And... http://rolandhulme.blogspot.com/2007/10/great-amer ...

      "Foolishly, you might think you're getting a bargain as you slosh American Regular into your car's 14 gallon tank - but you'd be wrong. Because American gasoline is of inherently inferior quality to the stuff we sell in Europe - even the 'Super' grade."

      "You might be surprised to hear that. After all, in America gasoline is about one third of the price of the UK (it's roughly $2.50 a gallon here at the moment.) But what very few people realise is that it's not the same stuff at all!"

      US petrol seems to be like US beer; watered down slop.
      • slashbot, on 03/10/2008, -7/+8And yet we are still driving. You sir can take your pricey gas and shove it.
      • ja9ae, on 03/10/2008, -1/+6I filled up at my local, slightly overpriced station at the weekend and a US gallon of petrol was £4.22 ($8.51/XE.com)! Most of that goes on tax.
        • drakenlot, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6sucks for you.
          • ja9ae, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2It certainly does. Unfortunetely all us Brits are all just a bit too British about it and are just putting up with it in the hope it will all sort its self out. We tried some protests a few years ago but when it took hold and pumps started to run dry we all realised how crappy our public transport is gave up. Although it is always comforting to see that where minor chaos threatened to break out over such things, we still managed to form orderly queues.
      • hiro, on 03/10/2008, -2/+7No experience of the petrol but you're right about the awful beer!
        • DannoSpeaks, on 03/10/2008, -0/+7I disagree. If you go to any liquor store, you'll see that you have more options than Miller or Bud. You don't have to buy what the TV tells you to you know...
      • headband, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5wrong.

        the octane ratings use a different system than we do in the US, from what I have read basic over there is about the same as mid range over here.

        not to mention most of our vehicles are designed to run on our fuel and we see little to no improvement going from regular to premium
      • tugger, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2The beer has to be watered down in the US.. Most yanks fall over after a couple of pints of British beer. Most likely because they are brought up on buuuud, which was originally brewed to appeal to women.

        My 'new' florida rental car was a 3.4 litre V6, with 120 horsepower, and about 15 mpg. Jesus, 4/5ths of the fuel gets wasted generating noise and engine heat, and the damn thing had a heavy cast iron engine, floppy chassis, and cart/leaf springs at the rear.
        So someone please calculate whether european engine efficiency, vehicle weight, body weight (US fat bastard white trash), endless stopping at traffic lights (because roundabouts are sooo complex), crap US fuel means that europeans are getting more miles per euro than the yanks.
        It has to be true.



    • smek2, on 03/10/2008, -13/+4Wow, you're retarded
      • thugok, on 03/10/2008, -0/+9I dugg you up simply for the fact that you used you're properly.
    • sadGuru, on 03/10/2008, -12/+3your v8 is crap and your barrels of oil are stolen
    • sodoh, on 03/10/2008, -4/+18To fill my tank costs about 35 euros. That will last me for 2 weeks at about 40-45MPG. So one litre will get my about 10 miles.

      Average MPG for Americans is 23 miles. Which means you can get about 6 miles on 1 litre of gas.

      So while your paying less (which isn't really true since recent currency changes) your having to waste more. The sad thing is when you do start bringing in cars that save gas your government is thinking of ways to tax the car owners to make up for the lost revenue in taxes.

      • cvindustries, on 03/10/2008, -2/+10Ha! Foolish European. My tank of gas lasts about 4-5 months! Big cities FTW!

        --Me, a person living in America
        • CeeJayDK, on 03/10/2008, -4/+5Studies show that the majority of americans are overweight.
          Get a bike and drive it around your big city - that way you get where you need to go and lose some weight at the same time.
          • cvindustries, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3Ha! I use the bike. That's why the tank of gas lasts 4-5 months! Living in a big city doesn't make the tank of gas last longer, it's driving less that makes the tank of gas last longer. Retard.

            It would last a year if I didn't visit my aunt in the suburbs every once in a while, or if my soccer league were closer.
          • Danielwhite, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1I think you mean football mate.
      • allengeer, on 03/10/2008, -4/+9http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/tax_hybrid.shtml

        Funny, our government gives "hybrid tax credits" to people that own fuel efficient cars.

        Informed American +1
        Uninformed European -1
      • Stanly22, on 03/10/2008, -6/+7Wow, another misinformed European that stereotypes Americans. Too bad cars in Europe don't run on rotting teeth. They could all drive for free! Smell my sarcasm?
      • diggdiggerid, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2your argument makes no sense

        you are comparing the average American MPG with the specific MPG of your vehicle--one which you probably chose because of its high MPG. to make sense you would either have to compare the average European MPG with the average American MPG or choose the highest of each. I can find you an American vehicle with an MPG higher than 45, what would that prove? nothing.
    • therealshit, on 03/10/2008, -2/+3i don't think you go half the way i go with on litre!!! = OWNED
      • 1randomguy08, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1I bet I do. I got a 1.6 litre car and live very close to work.
        • therealshit, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1i'm sorry but today i think you're still a minority in usa or???
          • 1randomguy08, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1I'm from Australia people just assumed Ii was from the US
    • ZedX, on 03/10/2008, -6/+4
    • digggggggggg, on 03/10/2008, -2/+7Don't forget that half the cars in Europe are diesel.
    • jaihu, on 03/10/2008, -9/+4also don't forget that there's blood in the american gas tanks
    • itseffinkasey, on 03/10/2008, -7/+4It is important to note that gas in Europe is a lot better then gas over here.
      • slashbot, on 03/10/2008, -5/+2No it isn't. The price difference is from TAX
        • hajamieli, on 03/10/2008, -4/+2Yes it is. The quality difference shows in octane rating and high overall purity grades.. 95 and 98 are the standard octane ratings. The leaded stuff used to be 97 and 99 back in the 80's. Yes, the price still consists of mostly tax (75% or so).
          • hurt911gen, on 03/10/2008, -2/+5There are no cars sold in North America that require above 91 octane gas.
          • hajamieli, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1I guess that's primarily a consequence of the gas quality.
      • thomeff, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Would you care to explain exactly how the gas is better in Europe?
        • itseffinkasey, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1They have higher octane ratings. Which in turn produces better miles and power. It basically speaks for itself.
    • pensivewombat, on 03/10/2008, -6/+11When you factor in the taxes that we Americans pay for a military presence in the Middle East, we pay as much per gallon as anyone else.
      • hurt911gen, on 03/10/2008, -2/+7When you factor in the taxes that Europeans pay on health care, tuition, welfare, and other ***** social programs, they pay as much per gallon as anyone else.

        See, I can make useless comments too.
        • rdoger6424, on 03/10/2008, -2/+4Tuition=***** social program?
          I hope to god you didn't go to public school and a state college
          • hurt911gen, on 03/11/2008, -1/+1No, I didn't go to a state college. I joined the Marines at 17, graduated halfway through my senior year, and went to MCRD San Diego for boot camp six weeks after I graduated.

            High school education should be a necessary right to every citizen, just like municipal services, state police and courts. It should be a right to every citizen. College, health care, welfare, however, among many other things, should NOT be because you can't force me to pay MY tax dollars for your well-being only. I don't care if your ass got too fat or you chose to smoke and now you need a $10,000 surgery, I don't care if you let yourself have 10 kids and you don't have enough money now to support them, and I could care less if you want to go to college and party for four years. Pay it out of your own pocket, but not my tax dollars.

            Want free college? Military.

            Too pussy to die or get injured? Join the Air Force food services or something.
    • Genthree, on 03/10/2008, -3/+2Purchasing Power Parity FTW!
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_pari ...
    • Agger, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2Yea, made some calculations that in Sweden you pay like 2 dollar per liter, while you pay like 1 dollar per liter... and you whine about high prices?
    • ChayD, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1...which is one reason the economy is failing, no taxes to prop the $ up.
    • popularwinner, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1NO U!!1
  • jimmick, on 03/10/2008, -4/+429Jokes on them, American bills have about twice as much value in trace elements of cocaine
    /lie
    • saxreturns, on 03/10/2008, -0/+55Yes, well, people rarely snort coke off coins...
      • vdgmr1213, on 03/10/2008, -0/+29You haven't been to many coke parties, have you?

        Oh, thats right. Neither have I...
      • phanfromcheese, on 03/10/2008, -3/+4Speak for yourself
      • DrMonkeyLove, on 03/10/2008, -0/+11I don't like it when the pennies get stuck up my nose. It hurts. :-(
    • frazw, on 03/10/2008, -0/+13All paper currency, except the newest of the new, has trace elements of cocaine on it, regardless of country of origin. I was told this by a forensic chemist working on artificial noses for narcotic detection.
      • bunbury, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6MythBusters also agrees ;)
        • DarkLance, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1What? there was a myth busters episode about coke laced bills? did they show you some way to get high off it?
      • philconow, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1The fed collects all notes in banks and releases new crisp ones every 6 weeks.
    • DarkLance, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2best comment ever
    • dilpil1, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2In other words, don't bring them to dubai.
      • stev31h, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1enlighten me.... dubai has a cocaine problem?
  • islingt0ner, on 03/10/2008, -4/+109not funny, my dollar died that way.
    • CarStan, on 03/10/2008, -1/+10If this comment is witty enough, maybe someone will finally love me
    • SirBrittanicus, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6you win
    • oinker262, on 03/11/2008, -1/+1my dollar died from plywood.
  • jjive, on 03/10/2008, -22/+2Haah..funny.
    But it's still compared to the Dollar.
    • jjive, on 03/10/2008, -6/+1Dugg down?
      Give me a reason.
      Let's debate.
      • lnf69, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5dugg down because all money is compared to each other, depending on the transaction.
        dugg down for the display of ignorance in regards to things economic in general, and in currency exchange in particular.
        dugg down because jjive is difficult to read. Never quite sure if it is jive jjjve jiive or iijve.
        Jivy? Ivy? Ijvy?
    • gummih, on 03/10/2008, -0/+31 Euro = 1,5 Dollars
      1 Dollar = 102.5 Yen
      Your point = ?
  • doshindude, on 03/10/2008, -19/+1$3 bill?
    as if we couldn't get any more useless. We all saw the $2 and the Sacajawea die....
    /off topic
    • slashbot, on 03/10/2008, -1/+8Actually the $2 is still in print today. It is not a rare bill.
      • davewashere, on 03/10/2008, -0/+10Yeah, but if you try spending them at Best Buy they'll call the police on you.
      • willskillz, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6lol. Remember that dude that got arrested for trying to buy something w/ a $2.00 bill? The cashier and the cop both thought there was no such thing and that the guy was a counterfeiter.
      • Octaman, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1I have a two-dollar bill lying around here somewhere... got it at McSorley's Old Ale House (NYC). Love that place!
  • zephris, on 03/10/2008, -12/+149Behold the giant phallus in the upper right...
    • Orsenfelt, on 03/10/2008, -2/+15You sir, Have an innate skill.
    • budser, on 03/10/2008, -1/+6The 3 dollar bill works on soooo many levels!
    • Nicksname1, on 03/10/2008, -3/+18I bet your amazing at finding Waldo.
    • mrchin, on 03/10/2008, -2/+17It is a bit limp though.
      • jimmy17, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3damn plate tectonics, just give it a few million years...
      • sensor, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2That's what she said.... oh wait
    • Gullop, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2You have ruined the euro for me now.
      • redmyse, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2whatever! it's coolness factor has just increased by double
    • cack64, on 03/10/2008, -2/+0That's what Norway gets for not joining the EU; they look like a dick. On the other hand, Sweden had the balls to join. I know it's actually Sweden and Finland pictured on it, but it sounds funnier that way, right? Or I could've gone with: Scandinavia looks like a dick without Norway. Pipi jokes, always the way to go.
    • tugger, on 03/11/2008, -1/+1and you'll notice that the prick is pointing towards the UK, cause pricewise the UK always gets shafted up the arse.

      UK = Biggest EU fee contributer/lowest subsidy receiver
    • etceteraing, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Dugg. You've made my night.
  • bunker6, on 03/10/2008, -6/+50It still won't buy a gallon of gas.
    • JesseJ, on 03/10/2008, -5/+13lol @ assbackward country that uses gallon instead of metric system.
      • timmay, on 03/10/2008, -6/+1HEY!
        I like my gallons, without my gallons there would only be litters. And who can survive on one litter of milk a day? Who!?

        /
      • adrenaline33, on 03/10/2008, -3/+3lol @ idiots who can only convert numbers in their head if the base is 10.
      • rdoger6424, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2It's Britain's fault! If they went metric back in the 1800s we would be talking about KPL as well
  • empeethree, on 03/10/2008, -3/+134i am just waiting for my iraqi dinar to skyrocket.
    • willskillz, on 03/10/2008, -11/+3You're gonna be waiting quite a long time! they can't get their ***** straight over there. what makes you think they can get their monetary system running?
      • cornelje, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2you meant, they can't get their shiite straight.
    • lnf69, on 03/10/2008, -0/+11Me too. What I do is buy as much euros as I can with my leftover USDs at the end of the month, and then take those and buy as many dinars I can get my hands on, then I trade those for as many shekels as i can get.
      • almightyzam, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2Then I trade those shekels for a ***** of pesos. That way I can tell my friends I'm a gazillionaire
  • slashbot, on 03/10/2008, -35/+5Buried as extreme stupidity.
    • wtfbrok3n, on 03/10/2008, -1/+9Your comment has been buried because you are extremely stupid.
    • ggfobster, on 03/10/2008, -1/+3It's a fact that the Euro is worth more than the Dollar now. Therefore, you are stupid.
    • FredFredrickson, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Slashbot, you successfully predicted the outcome of your comment, way to go!

      Too bad your prediction about avoiding a recession was so far off, huh?
  • diggopolous, on 03/10/2008, -3/+27Let loose the Kraken!!!!
  • nexus37, on 03/10/2008, -8/+16Looks similar to a coin to me.
    • adamclif, on 03/10/2008, -2/+2Looks like to a coin to me.
    • Barryke, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2Looks like a bimetallic round with a inner ring nickel brass alloy (75% copper, 20% zinc and 5% nickel),
      with a Cupronickel alloy edge (75% copper and 25% nickel),
      featuring a map of the EU-15 members with a large label saying "2 EURO",
      flanked on the right by 12 stars and 6 vertical stripes,
      not to scale and without true to life colors,
      displayed on a white background in a pixelerated fashion.

      That aught to be close.
      • vickers500, on 03/21/2008, -0/+0You put effort into that comment. Dugg.
  • chuckpenzone, on 03/10/2008, -3/+210yeah but we can just keep printing more dollars right?
    • Number23, on 03/10/2008, -34/+2Like most of the dopes here, you think the number of paper notes in circulation has something to do with the money supply. It does not.
      • Myonosken, on 03/10/2008, -0/+22It's a ***** joke. Get a sense of humour.
      • chuckpenzone, on 03/10/2008, -0/+10No - I think the more dollars in circulation drives down the value of each dollar. Just like the stock in a company, if you issue more shares of the company each share is worth less.

        Why don't you enlighten us Jim Carrey rather than just calling us a bunch of dopes?
        • Number23, on 03/10/2008, -7/+2Because the actually number of paper notes is circulation only represents a portion of the money supply. Think of your own bank account. You may have thousands in your checking account, while only having a few twenties in your wallet.

          Countries that hold dollar reserves don’t have a room full of stacks of money like Scrooge McDuck, it’s a row in a database.
        • phibit, on 03/10/2008, -0/+8Retrospective Warning: above me there is a dummy.
          • Number23, on 03/10/2008, -4/+2Ok genius; tell us all how money the money supply is expanded.
          • Adamlite, on 03/10/2008, -0/+12^ Guy is still missing the joke.
      • ggfobster, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3It's very simple. The more dollars that flood into the market, the more inflation drives up the cost of goods. Then, when the dollar sinks in value, not because of the printing but rather because of a weak economy due to many factors, goods are too expensive to buy. Then we get stagflation and if it runs away unchecked at best we get a recession, at worst we get a depression. Any questions?
      • HeyaBILL, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1He is referring to the real money supply which is the nominal money supply divided by the price level. In the long run after the price level has adjusted, the real money supply will stay constant but I will quote Keynes and say that "in the long run, we are all dead." In the short run, it leads to a smaller real money supply which is bad news and immediately relevant.
    • flxfxp, on 03/10/2008, -0/+11But you need money to buy more ink.
      PIME TARADOX!
    • sadGuru, on 03/10/2008, -7/+0= inflation

      intelligent boy
    • 3ugene, on 03/10/2008, -0/+30..until the cost of paper is more than a dollar.
    • shig, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6They should be printing them in 2-ply, soon.
    • Snakedal337, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2It worked before hitler came into power...

      Doh
    • Vimmy, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Moderate inflation is good for the economy, as it spreads wealth, as opposed to deflation, which concentrates wealth. But what's happening now is pretty rediculous.
      • KibblesnBitts, on 03/10/2008, -0/+0Actually, Deflation seldom occurs ever, unless hacking off a zero or two to every denomination counts, it takes too much time, resources, and negotiations to spring deflation
        • Vimmy, on 03/12/2008, -0/+1I don't know if deflation has ever actually occured in America. I'm just saying that, on a smaller scale, inflation is better.
    • pascalpotvin, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Printing money is an easy task for any government. However, we don't see a lot of countries saying that they'll print more $. Why is that ? Mike Moffat of economics.about.com explains why it is not good for any country to print more money than it is needed. (http://economics.about.com/cs/money/a/print_money. ...

      Summary : We could abstract it by this simple rule : If everybody has more money, than everybody should be able to pay for bread at a higher price. If everybody pays more, than money is less valuable.
      Think about how some of you older people were able to pay 5cents for a bottle of Coke. Everyone had less money, then it made sense to pay less for something.
  • stevenstclair, on 03/10/2008, -2/+6TalSiach, the Dollar is still worth more than your Shekel.
  • chrisinsocalif, on 03/10/2008, -7/+31If our dollar gets any lower, hopefully we can build our own electronics in the USA than in China cause electronics from China SUCK and tend to not work very long.
    • lvp1138, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2There are hundreds of components in most electronics. Anything from chipsets to capacitors to even the plastic buttons on the outside which are not manufactured here. Even the on/off switch. LCDs are not manufactured here either, neither are CPUs, DSPs, etc. It would take decades for all those components to begin manufacturing here in the US. And there is no guarantee they won't be as crappy.
    • noisymime, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6Yeah, cos US made products are renowned for their high quality...

      /sarcasm
      • dsmx, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Yep just looking round my house right now I found 1 item made in the USA a pair of 50 year old scissors.
        • noisymime, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Exactly, 50 years ago they did things right. Take a look at anything in the 10-20 year old range (Eg Any American made car), and it'll be falling apart.
    • FredFredrickson, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2And you'll be the first to stop buying all those foreign products, like Playstations and HDTV's, right? Right? Hello...?
  • enderklein, on 03/10/2008, -2/+462 EURO is 3.0766 U.S. dollars as of today, according to google @ 8:38am CST
    On my way in to work (Dallas, Texas), I saw gas going for $3.08 / gallon. So actually it will buy exactly one gallon of gas... no coffee though :(
    • slashbot, on 03/10/2008, -1/+4Unless you prefer to brew your own and not pay the outrageous markup
      • gak001, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4Hurray for Gevalia!
        • blazes816, on 03/10/2008, -1/+3Gevalia tastes horrible. But they gave me a free coffee pot.
        • nheels, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4Did it fit in your cup holder?
          • blazes816, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3My coffee pot!?
          • TomTruelle, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1why can I reply to your comment but not blazes816's. Which reminds me, its been awhile since someones complained about the "new" comment system.
      • mciampa1214, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5You brew your own gasoline too?
        • rdoger6424, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2As long as the township doesn't know about the Derrick in the back, I'm good.
    • JackHererUK, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5Not in europe it wouldn't. 1 litre of "gas" costs about £1.05 in the UK, that is about £4 a gallon or about $8.
    • wssharp, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3man that's cheap gas, driving through california yesterday i saw 91 octane for $4.05.. i ended up paying $3.76 =(
      • DannoSpeaks, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1Cheap? Just because you are paying more, doesn't mean the other option is cheap.
    • MyDiggIsBig, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1hahahah... gas here in Santa Barbara is at $4.19... ahahaaha. im going insane and delusional. ahhaaha
    • trisweb, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Yeah but it was 3.08 and 9/10... aww... and yes, that's insanely cheap gas (and that is SO SAD). Lucky bastard!
    • timmay, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1We get free coffee here(san antonio) when the spurs wins
    • Scorps111, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1For a gallon in England its 9.86566 U.S. dollars
    • ExiL3, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4can americans please stop whining about gas prices?!
      • rdoger6424, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2gimme $20 a week and I'll shut up
      • WeThePeople2012, on 03/11/2008, -1/+1I'm an American and I'm not complaining about the price of gas going up. I want the price of gas to go up even more. This countries transit system needs to be rethought. We're destroying the environment. If you live in a major city in the US why do you own a car. Americans need to stop being so selfish a greedy, we still have the cheapest gas prices in the world. Why should most families be able to afford more than one car? Why should we have the cheapest gas prices in the world? Why don't our cars have the best mileage in the world instead? Why our we obsessed with speed, power, SUVs, and trucks? Why our more of us driving scooters or motorcycles, or riding trains and buses?

        However as I'm sure most diggers know, the price of oil is not changing at all. The dollar is declining and that is creating the illusion of rising gas prices. That i am very concerned and angry about... Ron Paul would fix this.
        • gak001, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Actually it's an oil bubble. Gas still only costs about 60USD per barrel to extract, transport, and refine... the rest is all the result of speculators. Thank Wall Street for the prices.
    • cornelje, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1If you go to speedway every 5th coffee is free with the rewards card.
    • thelastknowngod, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1gas in NJ is $2.91/gal today. and in nj i dont have to pump it myself. its actually a law in jersey... im not allowed to pump my own gas.

      if i go over the bridge into philadelphia i have to pay about $3.10 and i have to pump it myself.

      people in jersey still complain about it.
  • eclectro, on 03/10/2008, -1/+4You know, this is more about incompetence than doom. I really believe that.
    • bhaity, on 03/10/2008, -2/+0or impotence
      • WeThePeople2012, on 03/11/2008, -0/+0it's not incompetence, it's corruption. power is easier to consolidate during economic depressions and recessions. wealthy bankers were purchasing corporations for pennies on the dollar during the great depression.
  • allemande, on 03/10/2008, -25/+3WHAT!!?!?!? WTF!!?!?!?!?!?! HUH?!?!?!?!?!? OMG!!! OMFG!!!! ROFLOMFG!!!! LOL??!?!

    ...i saw it coming
    • Tag89, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1That would be because there's a thumbnail right there?
  • screensnot, on 03/10/2008, -12/+2So, now I have to stop using the phrase, 'queer as a three dollar bill'?
    • Xplorer, on 03/10/2008, -3/+4Please, if being retarded didn't stop it, then why should a digg submission...
      • screensnot, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1It's alright. I'm taking the word back.
  • Number23, on 03/10/2008, -4/+8BMW Cuts at Home, Builds Up US Factories
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983122/p ...
    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- On one side of the Atlantic Ocean, BMW says it will cut 7.5 percent of its work force over two years. On this side of the water, the company says it plans to increase production by more than 50 percent by 2012.

    "This is completely driven by the plunge in the dollar," said Greg Gardner with Oliver Wyman, publisher of the Harbour Report on automotive manufacturing activity. "It is untenable to produce at a much higher cost in Germany."

    The euro climbed to record heights Friday, reaching $1.5463 before falling back to $1.5335 in late trading after the Federal Reserve announced it would provide more cash to banks that need it. That means European goods cost more for Americans to buy.

  • TitanKing, on 03/10/2008, -16/+10Aaargh stop moaning and bitching (so typical American), 1US$ = 30,035.50 ZW$! There, now you can talk about Obama again!
    • ischuros, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6That has probably changed by now, 1000% inflation ftw!
  • PopASquatt, on 03/10/2008, -7/+13Looks like a Toonie.
    • FAHQ2, on 03/10/2008, -5/+2only its almost worth twice as much :)
      • dasbush, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4Uhm, CAD is at par with the USD. Therefore it is a Toonie + a Loonie

        We have stupid names for coins.
  • rrife, on 03/10/2008, -12/+0As soon as counterfeiters start making copies of the Euro currency, in large quantities, the value will drop and the US dollar will be more competitive.
    • tomjm5000, on 03/10/2008, -0/+7also.... i dont think counterfeiters ever do enough to depreciate currency... where did you get that idea?
    • PeterchensMF, on 03/16/2008, -0/+0thanx dude
  • tomjm5000, on 03/10/2008, -7/+19Try being an American living over in Europe... their best diet coke impression costs $5
    • Myonosken, on 03/10/2008, -5/+34Probably because we don't drink as much of that sugary *****.

      Edit: Oh sorry, DIET coke. *non-sugary but full of artificial crap *****. Better?
    • sandman979, on 03/10/2008, -6/+3So true! Coca Cola is like a currency there. And tastes like crap too!
    • gak001, on 03/10/2008, -4/+12You mean... Coke Light?
      • AuldNic, on 03/10/2008, -9/+4nah he means DIET - all americans are fat
      • dominikkom, on 03/10/2008, -1/+6No AuldNic,

        That's what "Diet coke" is called in Europe.
        • davori, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Nope, We Have Diet Coke, and Coke Zero (or bloke coke). Basically the same product but one being aimed towards females and the other males respectively.
        • dominikkom, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1Must be different in each country
      • goodhorsehymn, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Not all of Europe has Coke Light...it's still Diet Coke in the UK.
      • devonkeale, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5It's Coke Light in France, and it's not quite $5. I'd say like $1.75 maybe for a 1.5 L bottle, after adjusted for currency...
        That is, unless you're doing your grocery shopping at tourist kiosks...
        • tomjm5000, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3Ew, it's Coca light, and I am in France, and any sandwich place runs over 2 euro for a small bottle.
    • Suricou, on 03/10/2008, -1/+8Substitute tea. Besides, have you ever tried getting clotted cream in the US?
    • sadGuru, on 03/10/2008, -7/+16americans feed on big macs and thing that diet coke will make a difference :D
      • gak001, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Or maybe they just like the taste better. I know plenty of people who prefer Diet Coke to Coke (believe it or not) and they get really ***** off when you point out that little nugget of wit.
    • choppergirl, on 03/10/2008, -10/+7Yes, but in Europe you can actually buy bottled water thats not brown, doesn't have some kind of weird chemical bubbles coming out of it, and isn't so corrupted with acid you have to cover the taste with spoonfuls of sugar. Real fresh water should be clean, so you can see through it, with no bubbles other than oxygen, and have a fresh neutral taste.
      • sugarhooker, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4We have clean water in America as well. I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make.

        In Europe you have that gross carbonated water *****. How do you people stay hydrated? Seriously.
      • coyote1284, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2Are you trying to say bottled water does not exist in the US and the only bottled beverage one can buy here is Coca-Cola? Seriously?
      • tugger, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2No, in the EU, bottled water has to come out of the ground otherwise you're not allowed to charge for it, and in the US most bottled water is simply filtered through about 1/2 a centimeter of porcelain (if you're lucky).

        Coka-cola made the mistake of setting up a huge filtering plant on the Thames in london without reading the rules...

        D'oh!!!
      • ChristianMagic, on 03/12/2008, -0/+1No, our bottled water is clean enough, it's just a scam cause it's the same as our tap water which is fine.
    • dominikkom, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4There is a Diet coke, but its marketed as Coke light
    • blacktriangle, on 03/10/2008, -1/+14For god sakes man, you drink Aspartame?
    • pirloui, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6Never seen a Coke Light costing more than 1€60 for 1,5 liter (france + netherland)
      • germanSauron, on 03/10/2008, -0/+199cent for 1.5 litres in germany - but for reasons unknown to me, we have afaik the cheapest food and beverage prices in north-western-europe, though we are rich as hell.
        • Takayama, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3You realize this was probably a bottle with refundable deposit?

          For our American friends who might be unfamilliar with the concept: Europeans do have a system for returning used bottles so that the can be cleaned/refilles or recycled instead of joining the landfill. To encourage this, you pay a small amount of between 9€ct. and 50 €ct that you get back when you turn the bottle in. Works pretty well, much less litter besides the roads.
        • redb369, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4So do we. The amount differs by state.
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_deposit_leg ...
      • hyAxis, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1€0.95 here (Portugal).
        http://tinyurl.com/2tq6uq
      • hyAxis, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Whoops, that's 1 Lt, my bad. Here's 1.5Lt for €0.77, no caff.
        http://tinyurl.com/39nvyk
    • photomike, on 03/10/2008, -0/+11yeah, funny you should say that. I'm an American living in Italy, drinking a coke light right now. Cost me 50 cents.
    • Rotzooi, on 03/10/2008, -1/+11Actually, I *am* an Ameri