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<p>[QUOTE="Rono, post: 832751, member: 6492"]Howdy,</p><p> </p><p>I've read that it's lost 96% of its value since 1913 and the Federal Reserve was created. However, it's still an eyeopening figure.</p><p> </p><p>I've also read that in ancient rome you could be a goog toga and sandals for an ounce of gold, in the 1920's, you could be a good suit of clothes - for an ounce of gold and at $1125 as I write, you can still buy a good suit of clothes for an ounce of gold.</p><p> </p><p>By personal experience, I could go to the store in 1959 and buy a loaf of bread for a quarter. That same quarter is worth about $3.50 today in silver content alone . . . and would buy me a loaf of bread.</p><p> </p><p>Now are you ready to puke? The official debt is ~$13T but the unfunded liabilities are pushing $70 Trillion. This includes social security, medicare-aid, the various trust funds and service on the debt. There is no combination of tax increases and benefit reductions that can cover this tab so the only viable option is to monetize it. This means simply printing dollars until it's brought down to a manageable level. In order to do this, it's been estimated they will have to halve the value of the dollar over the next 12 years. </p><p> </p><p>peace,</p><p> </p><p>rono[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rono, post: 832751, member: 6492"]Howdy, I've read that it's lost 96% of its value since 1913 and the Federal Reserve was created. However, it's still an eyeopening figure. I've also read that in ancient rome you could be a goog toga and sandals for an ounce of gold, in the 1920's, you could be a good suit of clothes - for an ounce of gold and at $1125 as I write, you can still buy a good suit of clothes for an ounce of gold. By personal experience, I could go to the store in 1959 and buy a loaf of bread for a quarter. That same quarter is worth about $3.50 today in silver content alone . . . and would buy me a loaf of bread. Now are you ready to puke? The official debt is ~$13T but the unfunded liabilities are pushing $70 Trillion. This includes social security, medicare-aid, the various trust funds and service on the debt. There is no combination of tax increases and benefit reductions that can cover this tab so the only viable option is to monetize it. This means simply printing dollars until it's brought down to a manageable level. In order to do this, it's been estimated they will have to halve the value of the dollar over the next 12 years. peace, rono[/QUOTE]
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