[#3Fan]

But they conveniently overlook the fact that people have far more dollars than they did back then

Due to the yearly ~4% ripoff known as inflation. Someone's making trillions a year off that perfect scam.

[Rodney King]

Due to the yearly ~4% ripoff known as inflation. Someone's making trillions a year off that perfect scam.

The government is. It's really quite straightforward. The government owes 3 trillion in debt (or whatever it is). Every year, the government prints more money than it should, so that the real value of that debt is reduced by 4%.