porter: The dollar has been eroding for most of my memory. Perhaps a law should be passed that anyone who contributes or conspires to erode the value of the dollar in any way go to jail for 10 years and be fined 1m. Or both. Never happen, but it's a thought. A lotta older folks are in a real difficult financial situation. This nation seems not to care all that much about it's older folks. Says a lot about us.