Debt Deliberator Prints

"And we will absolutely start lending again as soon as we finish building our debtors' prison."

'There's been a change in my recurring nightmare. I'm no longer falling . . . my credit rating is.'

"All in favor of a cap on our liability?"

'My cash flow? It flows right out of my hands to my creditors.'

'Now we can get Dad a real good Father's Day present. I've been preapproved for a credit card.'

Standard & Poors, you dirty dog! Don't pick at our AAA rating!'

Pandora's box.

"Italy's national debt runs into trillions. How do you repossess a country?"

'Our admission policy is now simplicity itself. If you have the tuition, you're in.'

"Great plan. Could we get some more details?"

Practical loans vs. devil-may-care loans.

Eurobonds Explained.

Recession

"I'm at that awkward stage between credit card payments and alimony payments."

'If you don't pay us, I'll tell all your creditors you have.'

"I asked my friends over to see how much the adults are leaving us to pay off!"

"That's all we can do about the federal loan at this time. Next business."

The United States Public Debt.

Horror Theater. Now Playing. Return of the Deficit.

First United Church of Outrageously Overlimited Credit Card Holders

"I don't see much borrowing on your credit report but I do see a lot of begging and stealing."

'I propose a cooling off period of 100 years?'

'I FEEL YOUR PAIN!'

"Wow! Even from space the Italian mountain of debt is visible!"

'Oh, we could reduce the deficit, but it'd just leave stretch marks.'

"If all countries are in debt, who's got all the money?"

It's 10 p.m. Do you know why stocks rise and fall, but the U.S. National debt keeps going up?

What comes after a trillion

'Welcome graduates, parents, guests, faculty, and home equity loan officers.'

'It's your debt to society.'

Citizens' Jury - 'The jury thinks you should get rid of Citizens' Juries.'

Supreme Court Crunch

'When does a tax increase not sound like a tax increase?'

'One day, son, all this willy be yours...only by then it will have grown and grown...to hundreds of billions...it's called the cost of PFI.'

'Can you believe this bank...? Yesterday they refuse me a loan, today they send me a leaflet for a loan.'