I remember making a comment on another post that is kind of pertinent to this one. It went like this:

"..........Just a few months ago my roommate and I were talking about some money troubles
that we were having and he reminded me that I can sell some of my Steem for the Euro and 
make up the rent. The first thought that struck me was the fact that I am here to earn 
Steem and not Euro, so why would I sell it to buy Euros."

Posted this as a part of a comment on this post: https://steemit.com/eos/@lukestokes/are-you-ignorant-about-eos-steem-and-dpos