Agreed -- but that worked much better when I could buy a 13% savings bond (late 80's) than showing my kids the <$1 month interest payment they get now. I reali

Agreed -- but that worked much better when I could buy a 13% savings bond (late 80's) than showing my kids the <$1 month interest payment they get now. I realize that inflation may well have eaten into that 13% hugely but as a pre/early-teen that didn't factor into my view.