Let us begin with Johnny and Judy, who have a goal:
Oh, poor Johnny and Judy, you young and naive waifs, don't believe it for a moment...
If you're too young (or too forgetful) to know what I'm rambling about, in the 1980s, thanks to high interest rates, deregulation, a real estate bubble, stupidity, orgies of frivolous spending, and outright criminality, the S&L industry virtually collapsed, with nearly a quarter of the institutions going bankrupt after being exposed as essentially Ponzi schemes, and tens of thousands of people losing their life savings. The scandal cost U.S. taxpayers nearly $350 billion, brought down the Speaker Of The House, and made boring financial headlines that were ignored for years.
So please forgive if I picture Johnny and Judy heading back there in 20 years only to find Mr. Strong in jail and all their money vanished to the winds...
I'm now committed to scouring the Quarter Bin for other classic comics, such as "Internet Stocks Can Never Go Down," "Enron: The Future Of Business," "Bernie Madoff Makes $aving Fun," and "Mortgage-Backed Securities--There Is No Downside Whatsoever!"
