Platanization

I heard the only donkey in the DR was running the country

LOL
What a fabulous idea - think of the impact on the tourist economy - everyone would have to hire their donkeys for the duration of their holidays (it might be a bit impractical for everyone to buy airline tickets to bring their own!)

In ancient times grain was a measure of value and people used it in exchange for good and services, so why not platanos? But given that platanos are a hassle to carry, you could have notes that are redeemable in platanos. So rather than 100 pesos oro, you could have cien pesos platanos. But we must be careful: we could be giving Hippo some ideas on how to increase the money supply. Can you imagine, in no time there would not be enough platanos to go around .

Escott said:

I heard the only donkey in the DR was running the country

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Only the back half of the donkey is left running the country. The brains of the operation packed up and left.

DCfred said:

In ancient times grain was a measure of value and people used it in exchange for good and services, so why not platanos? ... we could be giving Hippo some ideas on how to increase the money supply. Can you imagine, in no time there would not be enough platanos to go around .

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I can hear it now. His baldness declares platinos legal tender which instantly makes all of the camposinos fabulously wealthy by virtue of the huge, now monetary, reserves of platinos on their fincas. Due to the oversupply of platinos however runaway inflation takes over. The exhange rate falls to something like 100,000 platinos to a bottle of Presidente. Buying groceries then requires more than 1000 burros just to carry enough platinos to buy rice and beans. So, an emergency meeting is called to find a solution. El Hippo calls out the armed forces are to burn all the remaining platinos trees calling it a short term fiscal correction. The resulting ash cloud keeps any new platinos from growing for the next two years however and the EU steps in with a short term injection of 8b platinos to stabilize the economy.

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