There's something about compounding interest that gives me a boner. Had you invested a $1 during that 200 years that inflation destroyed that dollar you'd have 115,126 dollars. Or, better yet, invest $1 per year at that rate and you have a whopping 1,918,748 dollars. Damn, that's a lot of dollars. Please don't make me adjust that for inflation because you'll kill my boner. Moral of the story. Just save dollars and don't worry too much about inflation. How does that saying go? A dollar saved is a dollar....earned. Who said that again? Oh yeah, the guy whos mug shot sits on $100's.
the fed is is not part of the government. It was intentionality created to isolate itself from government politicing
in 1626 we bought manhattan island off the indians for about $24 worth of trinkets. They say if you invested that money at 8%, it would still be enough to buy manhattan island today.