By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
I look back on it, yeah, I'm in a much worse financial position than I was eight years ago. I'm going to have to go out at age 62 and kind of readdress some of that.

