[Mariner]

An eternal axiom is: When debt gets to high, it won't be paid back.

It's true from Detroit to Wall Street to Brussels. And always has been.

[Tonytitan]

An eternal axiom is: When debt gets to high, it won't be paid back.

Stated a different way:

"When you owe the bank $10,000, the bank has you over a barrel. When you owe the bank $10,000,000, you have the bank over a barrel."