In the 1980s the Zimbabwe 'dollar' was worth the same as ours. They followed the same bankster criminal policies we are following now. The top leaders in the US are bankster-owned; watch the Obama Deception video on Google if you have not already. All the people you trust - are thieves. If you trust them they will end up doing to you what comes natural for a thief. 94% of Americans said absolutely "NO!!" to the bankster bailouts in major polling. Then why did they go through? Because your desires mean zip. Puppets are running the country (into the ground).
The banknote below will now buy an apple, where just a month ago 10 billion would buy an apple. This is what can happen when a government decides to print trillions of dollars of worthless toilet paper. It gets crazy. This is what we have started to do and it will end very badly for those not prepared.
You can buy this 100 trillion dollar note on Ebay for about $15 now. Historically, in every country, their FIAT currency eventually fails. There are no exceptions. In the USA we are on our third form of printed currently now. The dollar will be the next to fail. First we will have the Commercial Real Estate collapse in fall '09 or soon thereafter. Then bank holidays ... etc. Google Gerrald Celente, he is also a good source of information.