The American Looney

Last week I took the subway in Boston. My trip was $1.90 and I put a $20 bill in the ticket machine. Out popped my ticket and EIGHTEEN DOLLAR COINS (and a dime). I had no idea the US had a mass-circulated dollar coin, and I felt like I one a jackpot at a casino with all the coin clanging going on.

Am I the only one that thinks parity is a horrible thing for our country? I mean, not only will it reduce the influx of people coming north of the border for cheaper goods, but I also now get paid less 'real' money from my clients in the US.

Yeah, I know it's selfish of me to think that, but hey, I never pretended otherwise, did I? =)

There's <a href="http://squandrous.com/post/12538037";>a graph from Yahoo!Money</a> that shows the exact moment we hit parity yesterday.

Dollar coins are not popular here in the States, and can generally only be found in automated ticket machines (as Jerrold found out in Boston). They are accepted everywhere, but rather rare.

Parity? More like parody.

A HAHAHAHA!!!!

Serieusement, it isn't really helping things. For my company we actually get a benefit because a lot of the things we outsource to the states just became a whole lot cheaper, but in terms of national economy and our import/exports this whole parity business isn't helping at all. It'd be fine if we were physically attached to ANY other country in the world, but that ain't the case. Some other sites think parity is the freakin' bee's knees because our dollars can't be compared to monopoly money anymore. If seriously wish our dollar was worth about 75-80 cents on the USD.

Call me when I can buy a Wii in Toronto for $230 CAD, then I'll tell you parity both exists and is worthwhile.

as a US citizen studying in Toronto, you might also want to learn about the use of the word "then" and "than" : - )

will you get sued by the royal canadian mint for using a photo of a loonie?