{"id":73005,"date":"2022-05-28T02:15:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T09:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=73005"},"modified":"2022-06-24T07:09:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T14:09:23","slug":"black-coffee-28-apr-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id73005-black-coffee-28-apr-2022.html","title":{"rendered":"Black Coffee: The Wise and the Wicked"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe …<\/em><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I hope everybody had a wonderful week. And with that, let’s get right to this week’s commentary, shall we?<\/p>\n

With the exception of periods under the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money to defraud and plunder the people.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

–– Friedrich Hayek<\/strong><\/p>\n

The state remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious, and decent men.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

— H.L. Mencken <\/strong><\/p>\n

Credits and Debits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Debit:<\/strong><\/span> Did you see this? As the price of gasoline and diesel fuel continues to rise, at least one national gas station chain in Washington state is reprogramming its pumps<\/a> to accommodate double-digit fuel prices. No, really. Hey … read into that what you will. In any case, when they’re done reprogramming those gas pumps, let’s hope they’ll be kind enough to send one of their technicians over to reprogram this<\/em><\/strong> machine:<\/p>\n