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Oh the joy of the Euro.

Way back, when Greece got into trouble they devalued the drachma and all the "rich" folk flooded in spending money on cheap holidays. As things got better the currency strengthened and the Greeks could (should) invest and improve their own lot.

Now there is just to much difference and people don't flock in because the Euro keeps prices relatively high. There is a completely different mind set between parts of the Euro zone to make it work as the Eurocrats intend.

The Euro should have been a mechanism to allow companies (and governments) to trade across borders in a more orderly fashion, maybe even "tax free". Then taxes could be collected by national governments at point of final sale at whatever rate they needed. Less bureaucracy collecting tax across national boundaries