OK, a real example ...
Back circa 2005 when I traveled to The Netherlands on business, my expense report allowed me $35 a day for food expenses.
At the time, the Euro was worth $1.60 or so.
So, needless to say, to stay within the $35 per day allowance, I had to be creative.
The Rotterdam hotel I stayed in offered a free breakfast. So that was good. On a different level as well. It was more of a picnic table type of breakfast, i.e., lots of people around the same table, people you did not know. But as a result, I had most interesting conversations with people from other Countries as we enjoyed breakfast.
For lunch, I went to the local supermarket to buy a sandwich. The cashiers there were great, accommodating my English, and even joking with me at times.
For dinner, I hoped I would be taken out for dinner by the company I was visiting. And I was. We went out into this, I'll call, farmland area nearly an hour out of Rotterdam to eat at this little local restaurant. Where, surprisingly, the waitress was from Ohio. Food was great.
OK, I digressed, majorly
My point is that, yeah, the US dollar is worth less than it was decades ago, but how is the dollar's current worth compared to other world currencies now?
If you are looking at imports and exports, and bringing jobs back into the US, that is what should be looked at.
imo, of course.
(and, fwiw, the Euro is now worth around $1.03 ...)
