It's been as low as 0.50 and the sky didn't fall on our heads

The problem is we now import far more than we use to because all our manufacturing has moved off shore.

Prices this time of nearly every thing will rise as incomes reduce.

There are signs that the US is starting to recover, our economy has been propped up by spending money we don't have. 

As the rest of the world recovers we are going to suffer and be left behind in the dust.