How do we pay for the falling value of the dollar? Try these numbers via The Big Picture
Dinner for two last night in Roma? $320 (U.S.)
Price of refueling an empty tank in my auto on Thursday? $175 (U.S.)
Hotel per night? $850 (U.S.)
Bellini? $24 (U.S.)
Dry Cleaning of shirt I poured Chianti on? $20 (U.S.)
Two days in Roma? Fuhgedaboudit.

This means that we can no longer import anything that we need, it is the driving force behind oil prices. God forbid we should have to buy food should a natural disaster strike our crops. Thanx again, George.....