It will help us with exporting, if we had anything to export. We could pull China's trick and say "Have a brand new motherboard, only $500!" And since $500 is barely enough to buy a Big Mac anywhere else, people would love our motherboards.

But yes, overall this is sucky.

One thing I wonder is, what happens to existing debts if the value of the dollar goes down? If I have $30,000 in student loans and suddenly the dollar's worth half as much, does the value of my debt effectively become less?