"Euro's Accepted" Signs pop up in New York City

[Peace777]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080206/us_nm/newyork_euros_dc

"While shops in many U.S. towns on the Canadian border have long accepted Canadian currency and some stores on the Texas-Mexico border take pesos, the acceptance of foreign money in Manhattan was unheard of until recently.

I wonder if our country will eventually convert to the "Amero" or go straight to the "Euro".

[Old 33]

the acceptance of foreign money in Manhattan was unheard of until recently.That's because until recently, the dollar was much stronger against the Euro. Now that the dollar is weak, Manhattan is seeing a flood of European tourists, particularly wealthy European tourists and businessmen, who are coming for shopping sprees.

[Old 33]

I wonder if our country will eventually convert to the "Amero" or go straight to the "Euro".Neither.

[InHisSteps]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080206/us_nm/newyork_euros_dc

"While shops in many U.S. towns on the Canadian border have long accepted Canadian currency and some stores on the Texas-Mexico border take pesos, the acceptance of foreign money in Manhattan was unheard of until recently.

I wonder if our country will eventually convert to the "Amero" or go straight to the "Euro".

I wonder how long before DHS steps in and tries to regulate this, under the pretense that it's a "security risk". After all, we can't have American businesses supporting the use of other currencies on a large scale. That would only further diminish the value of "greenbacks". Not to mention the psychological effect this has on the masses. :ohno (a bit of sarcasm there, but it's par for the course with our over-grown gov't)

[dlocal]

Its all about money.

[billiefan2000]

Neither.

how can you be sure, old33

[NewWorldOrder]

How is this any different than other countries accepting the dollar? If it's not illegal....The only only problem I would have is doing the exchange rate, it changes constantly.