if you look at how high food has gone up you know inflation is alive and well. Consider also the cost of college tuition and health care and tell me there is no inflation. To truly embrace a college education, creates debt for the rest of your life. The high price of healthcare is designed to usher in more socialism as it eats away peoples savings. The Federal reserve is no more federal than you or I am. Check out The Creature from Jeckel Island. As for our fiat money, get out of it. Invest in hard assets as they will retain their value. The market will crash and worse than 2008...but only when THEY are ready to bring down the system. Could be while yet. Thanks for the wonderful post.