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[razorjak]

A question for those who still hold onto the belief that the neocons haven't been fucking the country relentlessly in every orifice possible ( and cutting open some new ones when the existing ones get too loose ):

When was the last time that the Canadian Dollar was equal to the US Dollar? (As it is now.)
When was the last time the Canadian Dollar was worth MORE than the US dollar? (As it was yesterday)

Comments

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

These are the days when I want nothing more passionately than to walk right up to Alan Greenspan and cockpunch the old fuck.

[siani-hedgehog.livejournal.com]

1976.
hilariously, over on deathboy's lj, some Americans are saying "but we want our currency to be low", and do not at all seem to understand the difference between it being low in comparison to countries who might buy stuff from the states, and it being low in comparison to countries that the US buys raw materials from. i didn't think that was all that complicated!

[absinthea.livejournal.com]

That makes my head go all explody. Canadian Dollar = or > the American Dollar?!?!?! What next, 3$ US to 1GBP?!?

[montieth.livejournal.com]

I will point out that a weak dollar as compared to other nations currency is GOOD for US exports as our goods sell for less to them and they thus have a better deal. Sucks to be a US tourist but frankly we need to reverse the trend of US industry going elsewhere.

[arethinn]

I believe the last time the currencies were at par was sometime in the mid-1970s, another time not so great for us economically (gas rationing, all that stuff).

[benton.livejournal.com]

When I was still peddling cards over the internet, the strong euro and the steadily weakening dollar was great for me. 60-70% of our sales by number and probably 80% by volume were overseas, and many buyers cited the strong euro and the absence of VAT as being a compelling reason to buy cards online from us.