It is enlightening to consider how the prices of commodities listed in The Post as having gone up have changed compared to gold (“New York City Prices Up by 14% Since Last Year,” May 2).

Compared to gold, the price of corn flakes, beer, movies and rent have all gone down. The only commodity that has risen in price compared to gold is gasoline — and that by less than 5%.

Prices are not going up; the dollar is going down because of the vast sums of dollars that the Fed is printing. If we don’t want to go broke, we need to elect a government that doesn’t spend money it doesn’t have.

Gamaliel Isaac, Highland Park, NJ