Conspiracy Watch: The Amero
THE CONSPIRACY: Secret plans are afoot to merge the United States into an E.U.-like union with Canada and Mexico. The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, a trade agreement being discussed between George W. Bush and our neighbors, is actually a cover for a soon-to-be-formed single North American Union. Dollars and pesos will be replaced with a new North American currency called the "Amero." The new "superstate" would erase the current borders, leading to a flood of former Mexicans into the region once known as the United States.
THE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS: Jerome Corsi, coauthor of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry, who's managed to enlist the sympathies of Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist and anti-immigration Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.). And Rep. Virgil Goode (R-Va.), who introduced a bill last September stating the United States should not enter into said North American Union.
MEANWHILE, BACK ON EARTH: The spp is real, but it's a run-of-the-mill free-trade program along the lines of nafta. The idea for a single North American currency has been floated by academics, but that's it.
Kookiness Rating (1=maybe they're on to something, 5=break out the tinfoil hat): 4
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I am a Minuteman, I served on the MMP Board and I have met Jerome Corsi and like him. None the less, I still give the SPP a 3 rating on the kook meter.
19 State Legislatures have summited anti-NAU bills, the highway projects are already under construction, China has more than a modicum of control over our dollar, our borders are in question, Border Patrol really are being prosecuted at the request of the Mexican consulate. Isn't it getting a little difficult to pass this conspiracy off as a theory?
To publish an article this dismissive of what is really happening is a disservice to the American public.
No-way, it would eliminate whats left of the unions
in this country and have one pay scale for all workers
in the so-called middle class.
It's nothing but a run-of-the-mill-trade program eh? Yeah, it's just a conspiracy. If that's the case then why are they setting up a 25 kilometer perimeter around Montebello Quebec for the Aug. 20th meeting?
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=7154fc63-958b-4d6...
Is this the sort of action that takes place for a run-of-the-mill free-trade program or 'conspiracy'. No dip[deleted]; this happens in a fascist dictatorship.
Yeah, I know who you are Dave... you're that chicken[deleted] who sat silent and watched as Hitler came to power in the thirties.
Why don't you do us all a favor grow a backbone do some [deleted]ing research and quit spewing the corporate line just for a lousy paycheck you spineless [deleted].
yeah, NAFTA.
that's some tasty [deleted], isn't it?
hate to break it to you... but NAFTA was about the Rich screwing The People.
what is the SPP? weeeell, how often does an American President leave the US without great fanfare? & why exactly did Canada allow US military to turn Montebello into a 'gas the geriatric Peace Activists & National Sovereignty' fest?
can you say: welcome to the HARMONIZATION of North America?
fascism. tasty.
"Serf-fulfilling" @ Montebello: Police accused of using provocateurs at summit
http://thiscanadian.typepad.com/this_canadian/2007/08/montebello-poli.ht...
"Fascism is Fun!", let's all GET RICH & suck the marrow from the bones of everybody else!!
yeah!!!
http://thiscanadian.typepad.com/this_canadian/2007/08/fascism-is-fun.htm...
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Hi Peeps, Hate to break it to anyone that is reading this, but it is entirely accurate. I don't believe it will take long to "roll-out" the new AMERO and its associated policies. Be prepared people, it's going to happen sooner or later and the top half of the world (if not all) will one day be governed by one gonvernment including the the United Goverment itself, Euro, China, etc...
This will happen!
i loved huge cocks in my mouth thank you
Sorry, Dave, but you fail.
the SPP is the precursor to the NAU, fashioned in the exact same manner as the EU (which, if we care to recall, also started as a "free trade" agreement and evolved into much more).
Look a little closer at the facts, Dave. For all the others that see the writing on the wall and have posted here: KEEP GETTING THE WORD OUT!
From the comments, seems some people already have their tinfoil hats firmly secured. Personally, I think a NAU is a awesome idea, but have enough Canadian friends to know it won't happen for decades. But if or when it does, it should indeed follow the model of the EU - complete with a representative legislature to check agreements between executive which even I'll agree should have democratic oversight.
think about it, maybe is all the way around, maybe because the new currency will strength mexico's economy leading thousands of former mexicans out of the country, remember NAFTA when NAFTA was created mexico's, canada's, and US economy was awesome.
Euro for Europe, Amero for America, and for Africa....
I'm shocked that MJ would so readily and easily dismiss so many theories as nothing more than "run-of-the-mill" conspiracism.
Yeah "RUN OF THE MILL", seems like the "ROTM" banks and loser US taxpayers are pretty insulated, this agenda provide the necessary steps to adopt the AMERO and the goons at the helm created tis mess we all get to sponsor. Don't forget to shoot your Congress person when you have the chance.
Oh so now MJ is debunking the Amero the way Popular Mechanics is debunking 9/11! Good going I wonder how much you got for helping them turn this warning into a joke?
Right on, MJ. This "Amero" b.s - and that is what it is - is simply another in a long line of conspiracy theories embraced by a lot of extremely naive people. "Naive" because for anything remotely reassembling this occurring would mean several countries enacting changes against their own best interests. And "naive" because the sort of structural and political changes needed would require a rather large investment in time, resources and political work - much of it by necessity in public. IOW, we aren't going to wake up one morning to find that this thing has been decided, let alone implemented. And anyone who says or believes otherwise simply has no clue as to what they are talking about.
The fact that the 2010 "implementation" date for the Amero is a mere 14 months away does nothing to stop the talk. Nor the patent nonsense that current economic turmoil is some sort of ruse to introduce the amero as if a new currency would somehow wipe out the economic mess we are seeing now, or that it would be advantageous for America to dispense of the world's chief reserve currency.(!) Nor the illogic that Canada, for one, would want to hitch its currency to this sinking American ship.
Where this likely comes from is praise from a think tank for the SPP in 2005 which was somehow misread as a blueprint for the North American Union. And some suggestions from the think tank for goals for 2010 (nothing which resembled a NAU). Trouble was, the think tank said nothing about a common currency, the only desperate link made here being that the chair of the think tank had in the past suggested a common currency would be a good thing. And here we are in 2008, further if anything, from any of these goals and yet we hear "Here it comes!" from those who clearly know not what they are talking about.
I agree with Canadian Jack. Great post there Jack. People will continue to talk after 2010 date. So, do people really think we would just open all of the borders of Texas & California and Arizona and have it free to come and go? Think of it - it would be a fighting and wars with the drug issues there in some palce. This would not happen over night IF it should happen one day. It will take time. Right now in MX the Borders Cities are the Most Dangerous places for any Americans to be because of the drug cartels. So do you think that our Government would want to invite this to be Open and Free for All? I don't think so.
The United States economy
The United States economy is in the gutter. Our countries debt has been increasing over the years a large amount. Some argue that a common currency will resolve our debt problems, saving us over $3 million per year on trade between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. This common currency is known as the Amero. The Amero was first proposed in 1999 and largely considered a conspiracy theory, and to some extent, it still is today. The Amero would be a common currency, like the Euro, in North America.
The United States does not need the Amero because the U.S. dollar is already used in other countries, it would benefit other nations more than us, and because of differing economies.
The U.S. dollar does not have many problems with other countries (pertaining to currency) due to the fact that the U.S. dollar is either equal or acceptable in other countries. We do so much trade with other countries that many of them have changed their own currency so that it is equal in value to the U.S. dollar. In both Panama and El Salvador the US dollar serves as parallel legal tender, and also in Cuba where 1 peso currently equals US dollar (Amero.am) Other countries, mainly Central American countries, have established American currency as a secondary currency which can be used in place of their own. Establishing the Amero would not benefit the U.S. in these matters. The Amero would benefit us with trade among Mexico and Canada benefiting free trade, but many Americans would not be benefited by the Amero, leaving it unnecessary.
The United States is so dominant that it does not need a shared currency. It is such an overbearing currency that over half the world uses the American dollar in trade. This makes things easier for the United States. If we were to change our currency to the Amero, other currencies could become dominant, thus, compromising our position as being dominant. Plus, if North America were to have a unified currency, we would have to share the benefits, meaning that our dominancy would be split between Mexico, Canada, and the United States. The adoption of a common currency would decrease the sovereignty of all nations involved by tying the economic systems together(Hochhalter). People might think that is ok and good for the other countries to reap some benefits, but if that were to happen, the United States economy would go down. Some countries chose to trade with the U.S. just because of the low hassle involving currency exchange. If we had the same currency as those in other North American countries, we could possibly have some businesses lose customers.
The different economies in the North American continent would not suffice for everyone to have enough benefits to be worth while. Canada’s’ economy is based on higher taxes and public spending, meaning they have many benefits by their selves without the need to trade with Mexico or the United States as much leaving them with no need for the Amero. The United States, on the other hand, economy is based on low taxes and low public spending, making us in the middle on whether we need the Amero or not. We would not benefit from it near as much as Mexico would. Mexico is the main beneficiary of the Amero. Mexico is a poorer country which their economy is based on agriculture and manufacturing. They turn around and trade with other countries what they produce so they can make profit. A common currency would enable a, somewhat, free trade market open to them.
The United States is in a rut right now, but it’s not like we have not been in one before. After the depression, we recovered and made a terrific comeback in our economy. Once we recover from our current turmoil we will be fine. A common currency would not solve any problems. It could in fact create new ones. With the American dollar already being dominant, the risk of losing our control of the trading market, and the factor of varying economies, the U.S. would be better off not having the Amero.
NAU
Who siad it's going to happen overnight? It's happening right infront of your eyes, and some people feel better sleeping at night dismissing this and others speak out because they disagree. For those who think the amero will be great, aren't considering they would be acting under one law and one ruler and are very arrogant. I live in the US and alot of things get passed overnight in Congress. We wake up to them in the morning. We have left and right winged view and its easy to pick sides depending on who you are. But in reallity it doesn't matter. When the Eco Bill was being passed in House, they expected elected officials to read 3,000 plus pages of this overnight. I felt a little upset considering I tryed calling my congressman and later discovered the Switch Board at the White House crashed, because so many people called in about not wanting the Bill Passed.
With the Amero, nothing will fill different to you. Thats because it's not ment to help you. It's for the Fed Reserve and the Wall Street fat cats, and you will pay heavely for it. I suggest you read up on how the Federal Reserve started. Research the Trilateral Commission. If you Canadian and you somehow think this is a good idea, then atleast get ready to pay some heavey taxes. But if your one of those people how don't work, sit around all day smoking dope, and don't understand what a tax burden is maybe you should take a good hard look at projects her in the US, I'm sure they can make room for you.
