Quote Originally Posted by Markass
oh, so that's how they can just print as much as they need for the war...I didn't know that, thanks for enlightening me..

They borrow from the World Banks. All USD $$ is on Loan. The US Borrows From China (and others) and then have no Real Export of Our Own. You can see where thats headed.
Krogith Reviewed by Krogith on . See how the value of the US dollar has dropped compared to gold! This graph shows the final closing value of the U.S. dollar for each calendar year. Value is measured in milligrams of gold. By this measure the U.S. dollar lost a very significant amount of value during the 1970s. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Value_of_US_dollar.gif Rating: 5