I was reading an excellent history of the events leading up to and including 1933. In bold sweeping moves FDR took us off the stability of the Gold standard and set us on the course of inflation and devaluation of the dollar we are seeing today. FDR also started the groundwork for the ongoing undermining of the freedoms Americans are guaranteed in the Constitution; a document he was sworn to protect.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/raico/fdr-toc.html
If we were on the Gold standard today our dollar would not be so devalued. At that same time in America a movement was underway to see the country under the control of Fascism. The irony is that several of the presidents in the last 30 years were involved in that movement.
http://www.infowars.com/?p=2276
The times are dire my friends. Our country will be taken from beneath us if we don’t wake up, open our eyes and take action. There are movements in over 20 states to secede from the USA. This is a shocking indicator in the status of our nation. One Nation Under GOD.