what the hell? why is the euro worth so much more than the dollar?

>>78158055
Because of the Deutsh Mark

it used to be worth waaay more before the greek crisis

like 1.5:1 and over

It's not that sensible considering that americans have higher wages after taxes and consequently higher purchasing power

Are you really comparing nominal currency values? You know the value itself means nothing, right? It's their fluctuations what matters.

>>78158125
better quailty of life in Europe

>>78158125
> payimg taxes at all

The USA is an import economy, so it's important for them to have an expensive dollar. Instead it's cheap.
The EU is an export economy, so it's important to have a cheap euro. Instead it's expensive.

Woah, the governments really know what they are doing. The best minds on the planet are working on it 24/7.

>>78158110
??
The whole reason why the Euro is so beneficial to Germany is that its price doesn't sky-rocket like a DM would.

>>78158055
OP stop reinforcing stereotypes, the price of a currency doesn't tell you about how strong a country is. The Latvian Latas was worth about twice as much as the USD.