Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 07, 2023

Yes! It’s an American tradition!

This trick works only with the US dollar eh.

Shades of “Fun with Dick and Jane” (the original, not the Jim Carrey one).

What keeps collection companies in business.

You could win a visa to the poor house.

They sound like Congress

My son, who isn’t at all interested in balancing a checkbook or even keeping track of his income found himself in trouble with the bank where he had a checking account. Now, he simply deposits his paycheck (and some tips) there and gets out a week’s worth of cash every Friday. Works for him!

Easy credit financing! To he## with delayed gratification!

I suppose they could get Guard Duck to rob a bank, or, as a last resort, get meat from a food bank operated by the Crocs.

What do we do now? Easy. Run for Congress & spend other people’s money or money we don’t have!

Pig’s thinking is almost as warped as Rat’s now.

I remember an old Planet Karen strip where Karen couldn’t afford her rent, so she bought cheesecake and vodka – she still couldn’t afford her rent but then she had cheesecake and vodka, so her situation was immediately improved.

How can I be overdrawn? I still have checks left!

Eventually you have to pay the piper guys!

Rat and Pig have a joint checking account? Whatever, Rat could start a phony Go Fund Me page.

This is only aimed at the over 50s… checks?

Just wondering if anyone uses checks or balances a checkbook… If I write 5 checks a year, that’s a lot. And I can check my account anytime I want on line, so I haven’t used a checkbook register in ages! I love automatic payments!

If when I die and I’m in massive debt…I win! Can’t take it with me but they can’t get it either and I enjoyed it till the end! It’s all in the attitude.

I think that’s the federal government’s motto.

I do this sometimes, but one the other hand I don’t have a family to raise, I’m still fairly young, and I feel that life is too short

Too Bad trump wasted BILLIONS OF DOLLARS while in office and the repubs just laughed about it, and said , “no problem we’ll blame it on the Dems”

…and so it came to be, Pig and Rat, spiraled into such deep debt, they filed for bankruptcy…only to repeat the cycle….never learning a lesson, in self control.

Spending money we don’t have for things we don’t need from people who don’t give a s$%t it’s the American Way!

Now I KNOW Rat holds a political office — and Pig, too.

Treat yourself!

Its not ‘spending’…its ‘investment…’

Coincidentally, one of my credit cards has announce it’s raising my credit limit. Definition of simultaneous good and awful news.

I write a check every month for the church, everything else is paid electronically, except for my property tax and car registration.

You could imitate that great businessman, Donnie. Borrow millions and just not pay it back. And then pretend that you earned it.

Wait until that bill comes.

Biden’s mantra

Rat should send a check to Trump’s legal defense fund

Yay! Crippling debt!

What did they do? Rob someone of their money to pay for that wine?

I can’t spend money I don’t have. I’m completely tapped out.

Pig and Rat share a bank account??

We hope politicians don’t pay off credit card debt as another way to buy votes.

“The American Dream!”

Drink but no food?You’ll never go into debt that way.

Break out that credit card…

Pig is allegorically the irs, but come April 17, all that will change…

Keynesian economics explained.

People actually do lose their homes, cars, etc., while recklessly spending. If everyone indulgently spent money they don’t have, the economy would collapse and no one would win. The momentary high isn’t worth the crash. It’s fine to say, “You can’t take it with you,” but it’s not cool to leave your debt behind. Somebody eventually has to pay it. It’s much better to treat yourself with money you’ve earned and saved. That’s something you can honestly feel good about!

Never thought I would be insulted by Pig! Guess I am a sucker for living within my means.

Another day in paradise.

Look like a disaster.

After a few, Dad opined, ‘Pleasure deferred until cost is nicely covered, is sweetest..’

Rat and Pig are so very up to date in their attitude.

And so foolish….