Thank You Very Much -- Maybe

I loved the musical. It's a lovely fairy tale.

But I wonder what would have happened in real life life if Scrooge had carried out his program of debt forgiveness. Bob Cratchit would be unemployed and destitute. Perhaps the bankruptcy of Marley & Scrooge would cause a run on the banks and brokerage houses in London would collapse causing yet more misery and a regional depression. Cratchit daughters Martha and Berlinda would be street-walkers and Tiny Tim would die, thanks to Ebenezer's night of delirium. But there is hope. There is always the government to bail everyone out, and so everyone lives happily ever after.

Yes, it's a lovely fairy tale.