By Tom Ryan, Kansas City Star Reader Advisory Panel

However our dollar has been devalued, for all the reasons both domestic and international, supposedly it’s good right? We don’t talk about this often. It’s awkward for the President. Perhaps in those G-20-something summits they planned this. I hope they planned some of it.

People seem to be getting grumpy with the Chinese on this...I think we need to sit back and think about this one without jumping to conclusions and finger-pointing.

So, what’s in store for the buck, anyway? Will a cheaper dollar make it easier to sell stuff overseas? Do we make anything anymore to sell overseas? Have we depleted our shelves too quickly to make bucks doing this? What about our Christmas gifts? Rumor has it Santa's let 40% of his elves go over the past year...and he's not rehiring.

This is not funny.

There will be those who make lemonade from these lemons. Things work out well that way for risk takers and information sellers. How will those who play profit by this mess, though?

Is this a good way to wipe debt from the global market whiteboard? Are others doing it as well? Most assuredly.

This is too straightforward to be a conspiracy, so pencils down, relax, sip the herbal tea. It makes a great deal of sense, really. But will it work? And why doesn’t someone during a White House Press conference grill Mr. Gibbs on this one?

It just seems that in the meantime, there will be more losers as we go along on this path. So, with all this bruh ha ha about economic reforms…executive pay, credit cards, those OTC derivative things (slippery devils), and mortgages…people need to keep an eye on this sinking dollar trend…looks ominous from this side of the Titanic, Captain.

Dollar down…and up will go real estate, cigars, gold, cars, deck chairs …