[Sender]

I too am skeptical of the extent of such a union. Maybe a feel-good trade and defense agreement, but not an actual union.

Of course, if the US economy and the dollar continue worsening into uncharted territory, it might actually start to look tempting to Those-Who-Know-More-Than-We-Do to combine the economies and adopt the Amero.

Then we can continue to use even more newly-documented, minimum-wage labor from Mexico, and we'd have Monday Night Hockey, eh? And then if China tries to call in its debts and bankrupt the US, we can say, "Oh yeah? Well just try it buddy. Because now you're dealing with the wealth and military might of Mexico and Canada too."

That'll scare em.

[Man50D]

Of course, if the US economy and the dollar continue worsening into uncharted territory, it might actually start to look tempting to Those-Who-Know-More-Than-We-Do to combine the economies and adopt the Amero.

That's assuming they aren't creating the fall of the dollar. It is also a possibility government officials are supporting the dollar's collapse as an excuse to convince people the Amero will be a viable alternative as a prelude to the NAU.

[Designer]

"Maybe a feel-good trade and defense agreement, but not an actual union."

Similar "assurances" were made to describe the European Coal and Steel Market.

That was some years before it became the European Union.

The EU now has a "constitution", a beaurocracy, a currency, and lots more restrictions on the freedoms of the Europeans themselves.

With an actual, concrete example of how the gradualism will morph into an actual union, we can easily foretell the end result.