>>You can't see it at that level. A U.S. Dollar is *forever* locked in at $1.00 for Americans, never $0.25.<<
Ok Let me say the full sentence, just for you.
I'm not anxious to see our Dollars value drop further and be worth $0.25 when we want to use it in a foreign country.
A very good example is the Canadian Dollar is viewed as only being worth $0.75 in America. It is still a dollar but it will not buy $1.00 worth of American items.
Do you understand that or should I draw you a picure?
"I'm not anxious to see our Dollars value drop further and be worth $0.25 when we want to use it in a foreign country."
Fortunately the U.S. is run by adults who don't base their domestic policies on your purchasing power in foreign nations.
Yes, your Dollars aren't going to buy as much foreign nonsense as in the past. For you, America's economic boom is probably an overall bad thing.
But for patriotic Americans, a lower Dollar will mean more modern U.S. jobs making future things and providing future services that were in the past cheaper in foreign nations.
To get to that point, however, the Dollar must fall further.
You can join Daschle in being deeply saddened as the Dollar does precisely that, too.