Also exploited, I might add, by your brothers in arms: leftists trying to badmouth the economy for political gain.
Sorry, returning the USD to sound fundamentals and encouraging consumers and our government to stay out of debt is not a leftist position. Come to think of it, yours is the LEFTIST position. And if you read the leftists, the Keyesians, and the Communists...THEY ALL HATE GOLD.
I should have said, THEY ALL HATE GOLD, just like you.