How did Zimbabwe get into the hyperinflation it has now?

William F. got it exactly right. Take it as a window to the future at the rate the private Federal Reserve is creating money out of thin air for the bailouts and the "loans". Add to that a $600Billion budget for the Pentagon with increases in that over the next couple years, and you have a recipe for hyperinflation in America. People who are not financial successful will find it difficult to feed themselves.