The only real money is hard money... gold and silver for the most part. It holds it's purchasing value over long periods regardless of what the politicians do. The US$ was worth 1/20 T.O. of gold in 1993 when the US suspended dollar convertability. Now it's worth 1/250 T.O. of gold.

That means the real value of the dollar has been debased to 20/250, or 8% of what it was in the thirties. Your 1933 $100 bill is now worth $8 in purchasing power!