I always like to keep this handy. This is a chart of how many grams of gold the dollar would have bought you over time. Can anyone see the point of being taken off the gold standard. Sorry, I mean "temporarily suspended" the gold standard.
This is what what inflation looks like. It isn't because gold has increased in value. It's because the dollar has declined in value so you need more currency unit's to purchase the same amount of stuff. Anyone who thinks that the dollar is strong and powerful is a lunatic.
EDIT: It's no different tfor GBP either. Most people don't know that you used to be able to exchange a GBP note (we used to have £1 notes) for a whole gold sovereign. They're now about £400. A pound coin used to be a gold sovereign. That is precisely why there weren't many pounds, and most things were priced in smaller denominations. The pound being limited but the amount of gold kept inflation in check.
Lo and behold, you sever that link and put the production of currency in the hands of politicians who give out free money for votes (Biden's student loan "forgiveness" anyone? Who's paying for that? current and future taxpayers) and you wonder why the value of the currency goes down.
This is what what inflation looks like. It isn't because gold has increased in value. It's because the dollar has declined in value so you need more currency unit's to purchase the same amount of stuff. Anyone who thinks that the dollar is strong and powerful is a lunatic.
EDIT: It's no different tfor GBP either. Most people don't know that you used to be able to exchange a GBP note (we used to have £1 notes) for a whole gold sovereign. They're now about £400. A pound coin used to be a gold sovereign. That is precisely why there weren't many pounds, and most things were priced in smaller denominations. The pound being limited but the amount of gold kept inflation in check.
Lo and behold, you sever that link and put the production of currency in the hands of politicians who give out free money for votes (Biden's student loan "forgiveness" anyone? Who's paying for that? current and future taxpayers) and you wonder why the value of the currency goes down.
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