The Gospel of Luke, found in The Holy Bible, tells a very sweet story of rebellion, recalcitrance, and redemption. "A certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living," Jesus of Nazareth is quoted telling his disciples (KJV). Shortly after, one son takes off for a "far country" in which he squanders all his "substance with riotous living"--a weekend in Vegas, perhaps. His consumerist adventure, however, is cut short soon when famine falls over the land--and the big banks, having pocketed tax-payer money, stop lending.