End of the Road - How Money Became Worthless

Haven't watched the film yet, but looks like something our politicians and government definitely do not want us to watch, much less understand.

What's the problem? Just make the y-axis on the chart below higher. Duh.

Source: http://100thmonkeyfilms.com/endoftheroad/
Source: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/01/living-in-a-qe-world/