Cash or Charge?

It seems the Europeans have “one upped” us again, the time honoured classic board game “monopoly has taken a turn for the worst. The paper money is being replaced by a card and a swiping machine to act as the bank. It is a Visa.

The values once learned from Monopoly will be muted by the endless revolving debt caused by credit, forever increasing the limit of your purchase power and instilling the values that are more common these days…how can I get the most cash in my pocket for the smallest monthly payment.

Rainy day stowing of your money to fool opponents will be much easier since nobody will be privy to your limit or balance, but as a student of real life, I’ll bet little Billy has maxed his card out on a house he can’t afford and a car he doesn’t need because he has reasoned with himself that he is wasting money on rent and that the bus is not practical in the long run. Then he’ll get a plasma T.V. and all the tricks and wires to make absolutely no difference to the enrichment of his life but actually cause him ulcers and an irregular heart-beat, and on his death bed he will swipe it once more to make sure the pine box he is to spend eternity in, is air tight….as if it matters.

Parker brothers… you clever bastards.