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Horror of Horrors: US Dollar Now as Worthless as Canadian Dollar!

by Neil Woodburn   Sep 21st 2007 @ 10:30AM

Well, I guess Americans such as myself can no longer make fun of our neighbors to the north.

It wasn't so long ago that the almighty American dollar was so strong in Canada that I could wander across the border and with the loose change in my pocket buy a couple of Canadian manservants to clean my house and wash my laundry.

This is not the case anymore. The US dollar, after hitting an all-time low against the euro earlier this week, has continued its dismal slide to the point where one US dollar is now equal to one Canadian dollar.

Yes, folks, it's a 1-to-1 exchange rate with the Canucks!

Can it get any worse?!?!? Not only has Canada become an expensive travel destination for us poor American mopes, but now our entire nation is going to be "on sale" as legions of Canadians pour across the border in search of shiny trinkets and cheap baseball hats.


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