It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe… Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance.   Here’s what caught my attention over the pa ...

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You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. - Abraham Lincoln I don't feel so good. The United States Congress stuck their middle finger ...

Continue reading The Redistribution of Health: Excuse Me, But I Think I’m Gonna Be Sick

This is a guest post from authors Steven and Debra Wallace. Len extended us the great honor of guest hosting at Len Penzo dot com and it is an opportunity that we feel most privileged to accept. The inspiration for our topic is credited to the ...

Continue reading What Perpetual Motion Machines and the Entitlement Mentality Have in Common

DEAR EDITOR: I am 61 years old. Many people continue to say there is no such thing as global warming. My wife Tipper says, 'If you see it in Len Penzo dot Com, it's so.' So please tell me the truth; is there such a thing as global warming? Al ...

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Continue reading Bernard Madoff Starts His 150-year Sentence

You know, they say a milestone is anything that gives you a personal sense of accomplishment and helps you move forward. Amazingly enough, after just over six months I reached an important blogging milestone of my own today: post number 100! ...

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It's Inflation Week at Len Penzo dot Com. Follow me over the next several days as I explore the multiple facets and facts about this insidious scourge, the probability of its resurgence, its potential impacts on us, and strategies for protecting ...

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In 1773, American colonists tossed three shiploads of taxed tea into Boston Harbor as a protest against the British practice of taxation without representation. Some 236 years later, another tea party of sorts was held in towns all across America, ...

Continue reading Out of Touch? Putting The Tea Party Protests In Perspective

Lisa Simpson: Grampa! Didn't you wonder why you were getting checks for doing absolutely nothing? Grampa: Not really... I figured it was because the Democrats were in power again. -- From an episode of The Simpsons I've got some great news ...

Continue reading Beware of Strangers Bearing Gifts

Rasmussen Reports released the results of a survey today that shows only 53% of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism. This poll represents a shot over the heads of everybody who cares for the future of this country. Among ...

Continue reading Don’t Fall for the Siren’s Song of Socialism

The US government's decision to force out the head of General Motors should send chills throughout the private sector for years to come. This only serves to undermine the free market and stretch government authority over the private sector in ways ...

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It's time to dip into the mailbag again. I always love it when I get letters -- especially the more, shall we say, interesting ones. For example, I received one letter from someone who I can only assume is a card carrying member of a militant ...

Continue reading The Middle Class Should Prepare for an Increasing Tax Burden

The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for ...

Continue reading Gordon Gekko Would Be Proud: It’s Time to Let AIG Fail

I have a confession to make: I'm the Prince of Unhip. The King of Cautious. Poster boy for Blah. Lord of the Nerds. I get misty-eyed every time I watch Anthony Edwards give that inspiring "I'm a nerd and I'm pretty proud of it" speech in front of ...

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I love stupid-humor movies; I blame that on my folks. When I was just a kid they always let me stay up past my bedtime so I could watch Jerry Lewis movies that were on the television. I watched a lot of Jerry Lewis movies when I was a ...

Continue reading Be Fiscally Irresponsible — Get $5000!

Hello all. It's me again. Your mean, uncaring, personal finance blogger with the heart of a lump of coal and a soul from the depths of Hades. Yes, I am still steaming at this Obama rescue plan. No, I won't get over it. And the more I read ...

Continue reading No, I Won’t Get Over It: The New Mortgage Bailout Plan Stinks