Read the following then follow the link if you dare?
What will you do on that day it takes a $20 bill to buy a loaf of bread?
When money is anchored to a precious metal like gold or silver, it cannot be inflated. That's why governments hate the gold standard so much. It ties their hands.
The Federal Reserve, with the approval of every Congress since the 1930s, and every President except John Kennedy, has gone along with the theft of our money system. By flooding the world with paper currency, the Federal Reserve has sliced up our pizza into tinier and tinier bites. Some day soon, they will add a zero to a Federal Reserve note.
Full article link: http://dumpdc.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/money-inflation-and-slicing-a-pizza/