What I'm trying to say is that it is not everyday that the Fed is printing billions. I mean, the monetary mechanisms, although most probably abused, are there for dire times.
Sure, they aren't printing every day (and if they were, the dollar truly would be worthless), but they are printing enough and never undoing the changes. They also aren't only printing during dire times. 2013/2014 was actually a pretty good year for the economy, certainly no major financial crisis like 2008 or like now, and yet as you can see from the graph the Fed printed another $1.5 trillion.
There is definitely a lot of improvement needed in that area considering that the next crisis is just around the corner.
The problem is that there is no will to improve.
Well, on a side note, talks of the US dollar losing value have been around for many decades. Notwithstanding the devalued dollar, however, I'm pretty sure you can still buy a burger with a couple of bucks.
That's a silly argument, no offense. Burgers seem cheap because burgers
are cheaper, and you are accustomed to the cost of the burger being what it is.
The dollar is losing value constantly. It's lost over 90% of it's value since 1950. That's a single lifetime. Are you happy with only being able to pass 10% of everything you own on to your children as inheritance and the state taking the rest? I'm old enough to remember when burgers cost 50 cents. Back then, $3 or $4 for a burger would seem outrageous, just like $20 for a burger seems outrageous today. But in a few short decades, that will be what burgers cost.