April Fool's day began on January 20, 2009 and it hasn't stopped.
When it began depends on who you ask. You could say that it began on Dec. 23, 1913. Or it began on Feb. 12, 1873. Or it began on April 2, 1792. Or hell, it began when the human race came into being!
It is referring to the Federal Reserve Act, the Coinage Act of 1873, and the Coinage Act of 1792.
Gold and silver, bitchez!
I'm going to say it again!
Historical Gold Charts and Data - London Fix
Gasoline Price History (this is similar to what I paid in Texas over the years)
Year gas price gold price gallons of gas
2000 1.50-1.75 275 157
2003 1.66-1.91 350 210
2006 2.45-3.21 600 183
2009 2.03-2.91 970 333
2011 3.34-4.19 1500 357
2012 3.69 1630 441
So, you can see that in 2000, an ounce of gold only bought 157 gallons of gas, six years later, gold bought 183 gallons, and three years later bought 333 gallons, and today buys just over 440 gallons of gas. It is the cheapest in gold terms so far during this century.
YOUR problem is that your dollar is losing value against gas. In fact, it's losing value against everything else except other CURRENCIES that are being weakened somewhat faster to maintain the competitive export advantage countries have to the US. Only problem with that in the international sense is that it causes price rises, especially food prices, which cause riots in those countries affected because their food budget is a much greater portion of monthly income than we are used to seeing in the US. The US Dollar is losing value because the Fed continues to PRINT MONEY out of thin air. Printing money faster than the rate of population growth or economic growth causes inflation. Using gold/silver as money prevents this for the most part, as it is not easy to mine faster than population growth even with today's modern technology. Look at South Africa with its declining gold mining industry.