 towards Haiti. Fox meteorologist Adam Klotz-Barrell already did damage on some other Caribbean islands. Blamefully six deaths. America's listening to Fox News. If you had a million dollars in 2009, today it would be worth less than $700,000. That's the effect of out-of-control government spending shrinking your hard-earned dollars. And it's why central banks and savvy investors are buying gold. For thousands of years, gold has withstood war, famine, and economic downturns.