Ted Rall for December 22, 2008
Transcript:
The prisoner's dilemma. Man: The crash is psychological, if everyone makes a leap of faith and starts spending again, we'll be fine! Someone has to spend first. I'm going to lead by example! Man 2: What if no one else starts shopping? You'll have sunk deeper into debt as your income shrinks. Man: It's like recycling. If everyone does it, the world is clean place! Sure is a lot of litter out here.