Marshalsea Prison: The Prodigal Son

JohnwQuincy ^ | 04/03/2011 | JohnQuincy

[wizkid]

Like the Prodigal Son, America squanders the wealth that our predecessors bequeathed to us. Our country has turned from the path of the righteous and has sought pleasure from riotous living at a dear cost to ourselves and to future generations. We elect leaders that reflect our own narcissism who promise change but lead us further astray. True change, repentance, requires keeping the old covenants and living within our means. Unlike the Prodigal Son, if we do eventually repent, our creditors will not welcome us with robes and slippers. Creditors demand cold hard currency with interest that they extract by imposing draconian controls on deadbeat debtors.

[wizkid]

"As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is, to use it as sparingly as possible." - George Washington, Farewell Address

"Debt is the Slavery of the Free" - The moral sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman slave: from the Latin

"Prodigal: A person who spends, or has spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravagance; spendthrift." - Dictionary.com

Commentary on the Bloomberg TV Reality Check Clip featuring Veronique de Rugy. She is summarizing the Congressional Budget Office's Long Term Budget Outlook dated June 2010 in this six minute clip:

Veronique de Rugy Discusses the Truth About Deficits and the Debt

For you busy people, please allow me provide a sentence summary: We are hosed.

[arrogantsob]

Marshallsea Prison was the home of Charles Dickens’ heroine Little Dorritt’s family in the novel “Little Dorritt”.

Dickens’ father was imprisoned in such a debtors prison and that greatly affected Charles.

[wizkid]

Yes, I am a big fan of Dickens.
The BBC a couple of years ago came out with an outstanding adaptation of his novel:

Masterpiece Theater - Little Dorrit


Lucky for me, my library had a copy.

[arrogantsob]

One of my goals in life is to read all of Dickens’ novels. I still have about four or five to go. My favorite, I think, is “Bleak House”.