ok asshole.. I am sucessfully self employed (well a contractor) and I work in the world markets and oil (quit my bum DFAS job).
Never anywhere did I say that the value of the USD is not affecting us. The value of the USD affects EVERYTHING we use on a world market scale, oil, gold, grain, etc. What i said is that what we do HERE has no causality link to the value of the USD on a world market. It is traded like a stock. The value can change on ANYTHING/ But if you have an understanding of fiat money, you will know that $1 USD will ALWAYS be $1 USD here in the United States. The traders on the world market are changing the value fo the USD worldwide. If you don't understand that, I can't help you.