Great point, i think the massive buildup of the dollar maybe the only way to pay down the national debt significantly. By paying debt holders off in a settlement form say for example, it could be greatly decreased with a powerhouse currency, which yes a currency backed by gold would be about as strong as it can get. The problem is that right now the US Dollar is backed by the full faith and credit of the most well armed military force on the planet. It's easier for them to keep inflating the currency, with centralized autocrats have no restriction on spending. I totally agree it would be phenomenal policy for the people to pursue that approach, the thing is a process like that is very hard, and would be better done if there was no proclamation of trying to do this, but picking up the dips in the market over a longer period of time until they held a larger portion of the supply, which unfortunately as of right now China holds a great deal of at the moment, so we would be pumping up their interests right now which would be worst case scenario for natl security right now, in my opinion.