the fact that we had 9/11 whether some call it conspiracy or not isn't the point, its the results such as the war in Iraq and rising oil costs that are lowering the value of the dollar so now the Euro is actually more powerful than the american dollar. That is just one of the causes in the steady rise in inflation in the american economy but i kno there are reasons I haven't pointed out, im just saying a pretty large factor would be the oil prices.