Debt Dialogue Enthusiasts Pillows

Life plan

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

Now that we've invented language, let's talk about our relationship.

The burden of carrying the Euro.

Recession

The United States Public Debt.

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

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

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

'It's your debt to society.'

'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.'

'Why can't we outsource the deficit?'

"The dow is over 21,000!"

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

The Pessimist, the Optimist and the Obamamist.

'You need to alter your portfolio allocation. Right now it's 25% stocks, 15% bonds and 60% margin loans.'

"A raise?! In my day, if we needed more money, we just borrowed it."

GDP-DEBT Struggle.

Money lender loan shark and a Bank labelled as a loan goldfish.

"Our flag means debt."

Dinner at the Mortgage Restaurant.

"Someday this will all be yours!"

'Did I say billions? I meant jillions.'

"With a wave of my magic wand, I declare all government programs free."

"As you can see our policy on overdrafts has changed."

Italy Shackled by the Euro Debt Crisis

'This extraordinary first sign of life...A European crisis agreement has a long and perilous journey ahead before it has any hope of developing into a fully-grown Greek bailout deal...'

"There was a time when only the rich went to university... now even they can't afford it."

"I remember when he was a cute little pup...now he's become a ravenous monster..!"

The intellectual and the wise

Bank Checking and Savings. Your account is overdrawn, sir. Haven't you heard?! Deficit spending is all the rage!

'I warned them! I told them the sky is falling! The sky is falling! But, this time nobody listened.'

News and Magazines. Budget News. I'm not worried about the debt --- it's too big to fail!

Debt - Restructured Debt

'Don't worry, the money we're throwing at the economy is not US taxpayer money. It's borrowed money.'