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The solution to the EuroCrisis! Its simple!

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I have the solution! It came to me as an epiphany! It is brilliant, sheer brilliance I tell you! Huh? What? Oh, right, its the solution to the EuroCrisis, the chaos going on in Europe / Greece / Spain / Italy / etc. Its really simple - what they need is a central banking authority that can print Euros!  See, you print up a bunch of Euros, and that deals with the short-term balance of payments issue, banking issues, solvency issues, etc., and you agree on a long-term fiscal compact to prevent chaos from occurring again.  But in the short term, all you need is a central bank that can print Euros. Simple, no? Huh? What? There is already something called the ECB? Really? Dammit....