{"id":84125,"date":"2024-07-27T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=84125"},"modified":"2025-03-30T08:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T15:30:25","slug":"black-coffee-27-july-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id84125-black-coffee-27-july-2024.html","title":{"rendered":"Black Coffee: Going for Gold"},"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

The choice is between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the honesty and intelligence of Government. And, with due respect for these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2013 George Bernard Shaw<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Credit:<\/strong><\/span> Did you see this? Men are paying off their student loans far quicker than women<\/a>, who are taking more than a decade to retire their debt, while seeing very little decline in their outstanding loans. For those who are wondering why, the simplest explanation is each sexes’ predominant choice of college major. According to some, the highest paying majors are dominated by men, while the lowest paying are dominated by women. Makes sense. Oh, yeah … for those who are wondering, here’s another perplexing question. Thankfully, social media saved the day as somebody was kind enough to provide an answer:<\/p>\n

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Debit:<\/strong><\/span> Then there\u2019s this: Did you know Great Britain\u2019s electricity bills are among the highest in the world? They are. In fact, Brits pay five times more<\/a> for their electricity than the Chinese, and twice as much as Americans. One of the biggest reasons: solar company subsidies designed to keep these economically unviable solar farms in business. Hey \u2026 I\u2019m not sayin\u2019. I\u2019m just sayin\u2019. That being said, there are those who continue to insist that it won\u2019t be long until the green energy revolution begins rocketing skyward. Or not \u2026<\/p>\n