You Are Being Robbed!
If you click on the image to the left, you will get a larger version…I think.
Prior to 1971, prices in our country were pretty stable. Inflation wasn’t much of an issue. In 1974, my grandmother bought a brand new Dodge Dart Custom for about $3500. That same car today would be about
$25-30,000. What has happened in the past 35 years? Inflation. Why after 1971? Our government decided to get rid of the gold standard. The value of our dollar was no longer tied to gold. What is it tied to now? Nothing. The chart above shows the value of the dollar vs. gold and oil since 1990. The green line is the dollar. The yellow line is gold. The black line is crude oil. Do you notice anything? As the dollar loses value, oil and gold increase. Why? When there is uncertainty in the US economy, investors want to put their wealth into a real commodity, not anything attached to US currency such as bonds and stocks because there is nothing real behind it. Gold is real. Oil is real. They have real value. Money is just paper, since its value is not attached to anything.
Do you notice anything else, especially as pertaining to $4 per gallon gas. Look again! The price of gold and oil pretty much track together. So if our dollar was still attached to gold, do you know what would be happening? That’s right…price stability!
One more thing to notice…The dollar that you trade your labor for when you go to work every day is becomming worth less and less while the things you buy, in this case oil, is becomming worth more and more. So where is the wealth going? If you were working for a dollar that was backed by gold, then you would be increasing your wealth with your labor, but you are trading your labor for something that is becoming worth less! Does that make sense to you? Inflation through fiat money (look it up) is the hidden tax that is robbing you of your wealth.
It’s not “big oil”
It’s not OPEC
It’s your government…your representitive.
You are being robbed.
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Who am I?
Who am I and why should you keep up with my blog? Good question. I am no one and maybe I have nothing noteworthy to say. But then again, I might.
You see, I’m a pastor….whoa wait! I know what you’re thinking. Dull. Boring. Sermons and homilies (for you catholics out there), polyester and ties from the ’70s.
Nope. Not this guy.
Yeah, I’m called to be a spokesman. God wants me to minister. But that doesn’t mean that I have to perpetuate religion. God is real and I want to point people to Him. Not some go-through-the-motion-so-I-can-feel-good-about-me religion. So it may just be that I will write something that could be, well, controversial. I will surely write something that is “non-orthodox”.
And you, you’re sick of religion. If you’re not, you should be. God isn’t about religion. He’s about life. Are you living? Would you like a new life?
My name is Cliff…Come join the FAITH REVOLUTION!








Okay. So I understand all of this and I think it stinks. But, now, having the knowledge, what do I do with it? How could we ever manage to correct this?
Yeah, what Kim said…how do we fix it?
Cliff,
What a very interesting blog you have here! Lots of interesting and even fun stuff to explore.
As for this particular post, it’s very scary when you think about how times have changed so drastically over such a short period of time, isn’t it? I really worry about my children and their future…what’s in store for them? I think some serious prayer is called for–both for them and for the country in which we live.
I hope you and your family are doing well and enjoying the summer!
Have a blessed day!
Lisa Vella