Scout wrote:
Yep, but notice that I carefully couched my reference to "fools in debt."
There are always legitimate cases where honest people have fallen on hard
times and it is in the best interest of the rest of us to help them regain
their balance.

There is that, but hey, you can't expect a society led by "compassionate
conservatism" to give even so much as a little rat's ass.

There are others, of course, like the big casino mahof, who hired my company
to do his mechanical construction and then claimed (planned) bankruptcy. He
offered us 10 cents on the dollar. As you can see, he is no where near
bankrupt and planned to let the contractors pay for his casino. We said no,
beat him in court, and got all of our money.

I can think of dumber things that trying to cheat contruction workers.

But you're right, it's a business plan for some. Corporate deadbeats...
includes a lot of insurance companies...

DSK