if i'm not broke, i won't fix it...

i think i have just the right amount of debt.

just enough to keep me under the man's thumb.

not enough that i'll do something illegal to get even.

i'm not going to rob a liquor store. or embezzle money from an employer. or work in porn.

but i will bust my ass working for the man (for less than i'm worth), because i know that i need to get some cash-money coming in to try to wiggle back out of the debt that i created.

in the meantime, i'll keep paying penalties for back-taxes.
and exorbitant interest on ten year old debts.
and i'll keep giving enormous deposits to landlords, electric companies, and cell-phone kiosks...

on the upside, it does make me feel very american.