To exploit the honest trader who, in an effort to protect himself, has turned to government for protection, only to find that now he had two thieves, the private money changer and the political plunderer working hand in glove against him.

the money changer gained the prestige of political sanction through legislative license and the state secured a deceptive device for laying taxes upon the citizenry (by means of the hidden tax called inflation) #FIAT #Usury