sector far far more efficiently allocates resources than a government that inevitably picks winners and creates losers? Isn't this the manifestation of Adam Smith's fear/prediction of government and big business getting in bed? Isn't this the real problem? Isn't it a problem that social security or any other "savings" is "invested" in the government when those funds would help the economy grow if they were invested in the private sector? Lastly, how do you square a monetary policy that dilutes current dollars with additional dollars the Fed makes up? In my experience as tax attorney, I see many many clients with phony capital gains. For instance, client buys blackacre in 1950 for 2000 dollars. Blackacre is sold in 2010 for 100,000 dollars. Good lord, there was little or not gain -- - in any substantive manner from the sale. The intentional dilution of the value of a dollar is caused by government action. And worse, client will be taxes on capital gain as if all his dollars were 1950 dollars. Inflation is caused by the fed and inflation is a taking -- it is a loss of purchasing power. I am trying to reconcile a monetary policy with the framer's intent of a limited central government that is required to give due process before any taking of property. It seems to me that by changing the scoreboard, no due process at all is given before something is taken from every body who hold dollars via inflation. And it is your