and the numbers racket

US $1000 is not far away but in real terms the number is miniscue.
http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/research/data/us/calc/
Use the above link to calculate historical valuations intodays dollars
ie 1933 pog $20 2008$15000
try more recent years to see just how doctored cpi figures and $ valuations are
ie 1999 pog290 2008 375 keeping in mind the passage from the era of billions to the era of trillions.

Now imagine what Gold is really worth in todays numbers and remember currently we are only walking up the front path leading to the door marked Weimers World.