Comment by skookumchuck

Overlooking that the value of the dollar stayed about the same from 1800 to 1914, and is now 1/25th of that value:

http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

There's also all the relentless propaganda saying that inflation is a good thing, and if it isn't, it's caused by speculators & greed, not the government.

I don't invest in anything denoted in dollars (such as bonds).