> Why not? Percentage is the same for dollars as it is for yen or franks or pesos That's a fair question if you aren't int he industry. Inflation would be the

> Why not? Percentage is the same for dollars as it is for yen or franks or pesos That's a fair question if you aren't int he industry. Inflation would be the best example of why you can't do that. Would you rather have a Zimbabwe bond that pays 10%(when they had 10,000% inflation a year) or a US bond that pays 5%