OUTING….UNCLE SAM
(as the family profligate)

It took a while, but it was inevitable that someone would finally out our Uncle Sam….as the family profligate.

Everyone has known for years that he was a big spender, but no one wanted to point it out because he was such a fun, free-wheeling, and generous old coot….always ready to give someone in need the shirts right off our taxpayers’ backs, or, to subsidize any kind of dingbat program that came along, whether here at home or around the world.

Yep, our old Uncle Sam has been our family’s wild and crazy guy with all that money he’s thrown around for so long, and most folks have loved that about his character (well, mostly for his long green, if not for him personally). But S&P’s green-eye-shade dudes finally felt they had to pull him up short. Not so much because of the debt load he’s piled up, but, because he’s shown no signs of taking any measures to take care of that debt, or, any inclination to tone down his spending habits to a dull roar.

For the family’s good name’s sake, we sure hope getting this kind of pie-in-the-face put down will make dear old Uncle realize he really needs to enter into some kind financial rehab program. Unfortunately, like so many celebrities, he’s been through that rehab revolving door a number of times, so we’re not too optimistic that yet one more rehab deal will be much help. Besides, his idea of rehab is having another a wild weekend in that casino on Capitol Hill.

But the most embarrassing thing about this situation is the sudden realization that our personal credit ratings may soon be better….than his! It’s truly a world turning upside down.

CENTURION