# Top Secret German Memo Reveals Euro to Be Abandoned!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 10, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510 "2015-09-10T12:49:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/1 "2015-09-10T12:49:31Z")
A top secret memo from the head of the German central Bank reveals that Germany will repudiate the euro, and revert to the Mark, by January 2016. all euro-denominated debts will be changes to Marks, with a fixed exchange rate. The chaos the ensues will be a chance for German banks to buy up European stocks cheap, and make Germany the dominant economic power in Europe.
What would currency traders do?
The Greek debt will disappear-and all other obligations wiped out.
Would this be the solution?
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### Author:  [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/2 "2015-09-10T12:56:16Z")
Germany is already the dominant economic power in Europe and you forgot your link.
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/3 "2015-09-10T12:59:26Z")
The OP reads like clickbait without the ability to actually click.
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/4 "2015-09-10T13:03:00Z")
Little do those suckers realize we’ll already be on the Amero by then.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/5 "2015-09-10T13:38:53Z")
> [@Loach](#):
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> The OP reads like clickbait without the ability to actually click.
Oh, we still have the ability to click, and doing so provides about as much useful information as if there was an actual link.
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### Author:  [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/6 "2015-09-10T13:44:16Z")
> [@Loach](#):
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> The OP reads like clickbait without the ability to actually click.
The OP is his own cite. Just trust him on this.
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### Author:  [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/7 "2015-09-10T13:46:52Z")
Is he a C I A insider?
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/8 "2015-09-10T13:47:24Z")
> [@Wolf333](#):
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> Is he a C I A insider?
If so, I hope he has one weird trick to tell us about.
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### Author:  [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/9 "2015-09-10T13:48:08Z")
I blame the Schnapps conspiracy.
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/10 "2015-09-10T13:57:27Z")
Germany is the dominant power in the _Eurozone_, not in Europe. The UK economy is almost the same size (now, Germany having taken a half-trillion-dollar haircut) and is disproportionately influential because so much international finance flows through the UK.
> [@CarnalK](#):
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> Germany is already the dominant economic power in Europe and you forgot your link.
After reading it a couple of times, I think he just forgot to say, “what if?”
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### Author:  [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/11 "2015-09-10T13:58:37Z")
Actually, I can’t tell if the OP is presenting this scenario as something (s)he heard about that was supposed to be true, or as a hypothetical.
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### Author:  [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/12 "2015-09-10T14:02:00Z")
> [@Wolf333](#):
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> Is he a C I A insider?
> [@Smapti](#):
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> If so, I hope he has one weird trick to tell us about.
Wouldn’t that require him to be a C I A mom, posessed of the miraculous ability to be local to all of us simultaneously? (I have long suspected her of being the Virgin Mary, but apparently the blue veil is in the wash)
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/13 "2015-09-10T14:08:02Z")
Warren Buffett says all European countries will abandon the Euro soon. Obama agrees, and urges everyone to refinance their home mortgages right away.
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/14 "2015-09-10T14:16:11Z")
And invest in gold.
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### Author:  [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/15 "2015-09-10T14:50:45Z")
> [@cjepson](#):
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> Actually, I can’t tell if the OP is presenting this scenario as something (s)he heard about that was supposed to be true, or as a hypothetical.
S’just what he dreamt last night.
It’s easy to scoff, but instead of sneering, maybe people should be rearranging their investments on ralph124c’s inner vision.
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### Author:  [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/16 "2015-09-10T15:57:21Z")
The Tooth Whitening Trick Dentists Don’t Want You To Know About!
You Won’t Believe What This Cop Said To An 88-Year Old Driver!
Better Than Tinder! Just Click And Ask To Have Sex! No Credit Card Needed!
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### Author:  [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/17 "2015-09-10T16:00:23Z")
Ten signs Germany is about to dump the Euro. Number 7 is a shocker!
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/18 "2015-09-10T16:15:24Z")
Drivers don’t know about this new rule for monetary union!
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/19 "2015-09-10T16:21:04Z")
German bankers bending over in yoga pants!
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### Author:  [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/20 "2015-09-10T16:37:25Z")
> [@CarnalK](#):
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> Germany is already the dominant economic power in Europe and you forgot your link.
I think “bullshit\_stories.com” would be a dead giveaway.
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