Sorry, returning the USD to sound fundamentals and encouraging consumers and our government to stay out of debt is not a leftist position. Come to think of it, yours is the LEFTIST position. And if you read the leftists, the Keyesians, and the Communists...THEY ALL HATE GOLD.
That's some crowd you run with, Gigi, badmouthing the economy at every move, trumpeting every morsel of bad economic data.
It's almost like Howard Dean has his hand up your dress.