re: not as good as it gets for gold ***** Page 186 from a recently published book called "Empire of Debt" (read the reviews at Amazon.com);
"An ounce of gold today buys about the same amount of goods and services, as an ounce in 1913. But the US dollar, in comparison buys 5 cents of goods and services today, compared to what it bought as a dollar in 1913."