CARTOON of the DAY: The 'Bean Standard'?!

Crain's Detroit Business - August 8
Gasoline prices skyrocket and we adjust by driving fewer miles. Coffee prices skyrocket and we adjust by ... who am I kidding, we DON'T adjust, do we?! We need the stuff - bad - and we'll find a way to pay for it, right? It's so valuable to our daily lives, we oughta' base our economy on the stuff - yeah - instead of the gold standard, how about the bean standard?
That's the Point!