The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Friday, February 8, 2013
Wise words about inflation
Casey Research has a useful article explaining how different people experience inflation in different ways, depending on how they spend their money. It includes a look at how gold has remained inflation-proof over the past decade or so, compared to Social Security payments, as illustrated by this striking graphic.
There's more at the link. Recommended reading.
Peter
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Very profoundly important chart there, Peter!
Another way of looking at it is to take gold as the baseline and bend the other lines downward accordingly. Doing so gives an indication of the loss of value in the dollar. Gold is gold. Always has been and always will be. But the dollar is now nothing but fiat...
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