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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SilverSurfer, post: 832719, member: 21603&quot;]Interesting conversation so far.&nbsp; Lets consider the future now.&nbsp; At 3% inflation, prices should double every 20 years.&nbsp; Some prices double faster.&nbsp; If you are 40 years old now, and plan on living to about 80, consider what a hamburger will cost you.&nbsp; Consider what a car will cost.&nbsp; Consider what renting an apartment will cost you.&nbsp; Now, consider what you make as a wage today, and consider if it will be able to support the prices you&#039;ve generated for that hamburger, car, rent.&nbsp; If you had 1 million dollars today, without investing it to get a return (or putting it in a bank which basically gives you .025% return a year), you wouldn&#039;t be able to retire....even though you are a millionaire.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because 40 years from now, a million dollars won&#039;t be much if things keep on the way they are.&nbsp; Lastly, when more money is created, prices lag the introduction of this new money (the time scale on the lag is debatable).&nbsp; But a lag does exist.&nbsp; So, if you are the first people to get your hands on this money, you can use more money to buy at current&nbsp; prices.&nbsp; But, if you are the last people to get this money, prices have already increased.....and the extra you get usually isn&#039;t the same percentage as those that got it first, as it now has to go around to more people.&nbsp; This is the main reason why the rich get richer, and the poor get poor.&nbsp; The trickle down effect it responsible for this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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