DBP
From redblack & friend:
a friend and i were talking about occupy wall street last night. he wondered aloud what would happen if the middle class voluntarily stopped paying its mortgages – for a month, or two, or longer – to send a message to wall street.
Yeah. Sounds pretty good. Suppose it works, though. A whole bunch of people don’t pay their mortgages and Wall Street backs off and grants everyone a reprieve.
Friend then sez: “Hey! What if the middle class all just stopped paying their credit card bills. Teach Wall Street ANOTHER lesson.”
Right on! Again it works, incredibly.
Well, things proceed along these lines for a while, until one day you and your friend – dizzy with success – are at a bar celebrating the many victories won through the “Just Don’t Pay” strategy.
Suddenly, your friend looks over at you with a gleam in his eye and sez: “Hey, dude! I just thought of something. You know those tools I borrowed from you last week? Well, what if I just sort of voluntarily didn’t return them, you know? You’ve got more money than me; buy yourself some new ones.”
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