Buy Now, Pay Later

Are you kidding me?!?! Are we really going to use $150 billion in debt to send out checks to the American people in an effort to stimulate the economy? Do you know what that sounds like to me? Addiction.

Cocaine creates a euphoric feeling by releasing a flood of endorphins from the body’s natural cache. However, the next time there are not as many endorphins stored up to be released. After a while there are essentially no endorphins. This means there is no natural highs and the addict sinks into a deep depression. The only way to return to normal is to quit using cocaine and let the body rebuild it’s natural supply of endorphins. Then food can taste good again and sex can feel great again.

This country is like a bunch of crack addicts chasing a high that we will never attain until we let our supply build back up. Sending out $800 checks may feel good for a few moments, but it is debt. We will have to pay for this later. Buy now pay later can’t sustain the economy forever. If we allow our supply to get too depleted then we will be unable to prevent a depression.

If this happens and I get a check from the federal government, you know what I am going to do with it? Pay down debt.