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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 4083185, member: 27832&quot;]It seems like you&#039;ve completely ignored my second paragraph. If you claim that gold doesn&#039;t fluctuate, you&#039;re saying that <i>every other common good</i> dropped drastically in price during 2011, then they all rose in synchrony over the next several years, and now they&#039;re all getting cheaper again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Better yet, look at your minimum wage argument. From July 2009 (when the Federal minimum wage was last raised, to $7.25/hr) to July 2011, the minimum wage <b>dropped</b> from 0.435 troy ounces of silver per hour to less than 0.16 troy ounces per hour. Does that mean workers could afford only one-third of their former gasoline, or bread, or housing? <b>OF COURSE NOT.</b> Those items did not spike in price, and the dollar did not plunge in price; <b>silver spiked</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re cherry-picking years to claim that silver and gold never change in <i>value</i> (how much of other things they&#039;ll purchase). Allow yourself to look at other years, and you&#039;ll see that that&#039;s ridiculous -- unless you&#039;ve simply <i>decided</i> that gold and silver are immutable yardsticks. And in that case, you&#039;ve mastered the art of doublethink, because <i>the ratio between the two</i> changes constantly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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