I agree that you can't fight the Fed, however IMHO you can prepare for the inevitable. You do not need a lot of common sense to see that when your debt is so high that even a 0% interest rate will not finance it the game is over. I go back to the old question. If you were given the opportunity to store away in a time capsule some inheritence for your children. Would you fill it with US Reserve $100 Notes or would you fill it with the equivilent value in Gold.