Amero

[[Image:Amero.jpg|thumb|right|The People's Republic of [[China]] holds $1 trillion, which must be redeemed in these.  The [[Illegal immigrant|illegals]] want you to.]]
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The '''Amero''' is the hypothetical<ref name=imaginary group=note>Read: imaginary.</ref> [[currency]] of the hypothetical<ref name=imaginary group=note>Read: imaginary.</ref> [[North American Union]]. Its name, though extremely dumb in every other way, is ingenious in that it both references the [[European Union|Euro]] and plays into [[Racism|anti-Mexican paranoia]] with its vague [[Spanish]]-soundingness. Nobody can ever reasonably explain why a common North American currency wouldn't just be called the "dollar," at least in English, (since the [[united States|US]] and [[Canada]] both use dollars, and there's nothing keeping a currency from being called different things in different languages) so long as the sign/symbol remains the same (which, since both the dollar and [[Mexico|Mexican]] peso use the "$" symbol, shouldn't be too hard).

==Origin==
The name "Amero" appears to have been coined in a serious but speculative 1999 paper written by Herbert Grubel, an economist for the Fraser Institute, a Canadian [[libertarian]] [[think tank]], discussing why he thought such a monetary union would be a good idea.<ref>Herbert G. Grubel.  [http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/critical_issues/1999/amero/ The Case for the Amero]</ref>

==Conspiracy!!==
[[Nationalist]] [[Conspiracy theorists]] contended that the governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico are already taking steps to implement such a currency, as part of a "North American Union (NAU)."<ref>Drake Bennett. "[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/world/americas/25iht-25Amero.8473833.html?_r=1 The amero conspiracy]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. 2007 November 25.</ref> This has even reached the point where rumors and conspiracies were being made up that stated that the coins were already being made. No current members of any country's [[government]] have officially stated a desire to create such a body,<ref group=note>Which proves ''just'' how big a conspiracy it is!</ref> nor has anyone introduced a common currency as part of this concept. On the other hand, someone has begun making the coins… and they have about as much worth as the coins you see sold on TV.

Conspiracy-monger and racist web-radio host [[Hal Turner]] has promoted the concept that there were actual Amero coins and bills ready for circulation when the [[North American Union]] started. He even posted images of what he claimed were the actual currency.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071102170649/http://www.halturnershow.com/AmeroCoinArrives.html 'The Amero' Is Real; I Have One to Prove It!]</ref>  The "coins" were nothing more than fantasy medallions designed and minted by artist Daniel Carr,<ref group=note>Daniel Carr has made a [http://www.dc-coin.com/search.aspx?find=amero&log=false&category=8 few dozen] model Ameros, which you can buy for the bargain price of $70.</ref> and the "bills" were [[political]] commentary artworks created by someone on Flickr named "aleatorysort."<ref>
[http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread418549/pg1 Proof - proof that Amero bills are fakes!] ''Above Top Secret''. (True to the conspiracy-minded spirit, this article concludes with "I just hate hoaxers who make this up. ''The fake images will cause the public to deny the existence of Amero.''")
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==See also==
*[[U.S. dollar]]
*[[Sean David Morton]]
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==External links==
*[[Snopes]] page on [http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/amerocoin.asp Amero coins]
*{{wpa|North American monetary union}}

==Notes==
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[[Category:Mexico]]
[[Category:Racism]]

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