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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (32491)10/30/2000 8:54:19 PM
From: BigBull  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 436258
 
Heinz, I sure hope you are right when you said a while back that Europeans are shouldering much less personal debt than Americans. For at least one part of Europe, the UK, personal debt problems are so severe that a "debt summit" has needed to be called:

news.bbc.co.uk

I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see this kind of thing happen in the US soon. Sadly, the piper has to be paid, and for these folks he has played a doleful tune.