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According to usdebtclock.org, as of 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, there were 22,605,156 millionaires and 43,175,075 food stamp recipients in the U.S. The U.S. dollar to crypto currency ratio was 24.66-to-1 while the U.S. dollar-to-crypto currency ratio in 2013 was 9,334 to 1. The U.S. dollar-to-silver ratio now is $418 per ounce but was $2.67 in 1913. The U.S. dollar to gold ratio now is $3,083 per ounce but was $28.41 in 1913. The paper-to-silver ratio now is 469.01-to-1 while the paper-to-gold ratio now is 117.45-to-1. The U.S. dollar-to-oil ...