- You: "Stocks at all-time highs. Houses at all-time highs. Is everything valuable?"
- Government: "Strong asset performance!"
- You: "Or is the measuring stick shrinking?"
- Government: "What?"
- You: "Priced in gold, stocks are flat for 25 years."
- Government: "Nobody prices things in gold."
- You: "Because then they'd see it."
- Government: "You're not an economist."