In other news ... Zimbabwe unveils 100 trillion dollar note

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At the time of writing it would be worth $300 US. By tomorrow, who knows.

Perhaps Bob will see the widely welcomed departure of one globally unpopular president as a not too subtle hint?

Perhaps not - the will of the people isn't really a driving factor in his decision making process, and things have deteriorated even further since the 'elections' not far of a year ago. The power sharing charade has all but unravelled and now [even more severe] food shortages are imminent.

Zimbabwe unveils 100 trillion dollar note

I'm increasingly agog that the man is still drawing breath.
 

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As a teacher, I was drawn to this sentence in the article:

Most teachers have left the classroom to eek out a living elsewhere, and end-of-year examinations taken in November have yet to be graded after the markers demanded their wages in foreign currency, the Herald said Friday.
My first reaction was that the reporter had misspelled 'eke', but then considering the state of their economy, maybe the reporter was making a sly comment...

(Oh, and bi_in_socal: That is full face value. Zimbabwe is not part of the United States. Their 'dollar' isn't equal to ours.)
 

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Surely American business should accept it at equal value in the name of economic justice, fair trade and cultural sensitivity.

In which case (based on GDP) with a single banknote Bob could buy the entire world twice. It would buy the US nearly 8 times over, a key question being; how would you make change?

I'm sure that's not what you were advocating, so what did you really mean?
 

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The only remaining function of Mugabe's government is keeping Mugabe in power.

Indeed, truth be told (if one can even call it a government any more), that was its primary function from day one.

Last time I was in Zim, the smallest banknote with even a token value was Z$20,000 and one had carry them around in fistfuls to buy anything of consequence.
 

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In which case (based on GDP) with a single banknote Bob could buy the entire world twice. It would buy the US nearly 8 times over, a key question being; how would you make change?

Fantastic angle, dong20. Patriot bi_in_socal advocates handing the entire nation over to Robert Mugabe!