[Toddsterpatriot]

Well, in 1914 a $20 bill could be taken to the bank and exchanged for a $20 gold coin.

You'd have done better if you bought $20 of the S&P 500 and reinvested your dividends.

[Blood of Tyrants]

True, but that is not the point. The point is that the dollar has steadily and purposely been devalued for nearly 100 years in order to make a few of the elite very, very rich.