ART AND THE BOUNCY BANKER: Letter to the Bank #10

The Bruxist Collective's take on Art and (as Alfred Jarry might put it) P'finance.

A numerically dyslexic artist (and reluctant consumer) shares his dearth of financial wisdom and resulting frustrations with his Bank Manager. Read personal letters from the elusive Art to his even more elusive Bank Manager. See a comic rendition of a Day In The Life Of The Bouncy Banker. Art struggles to make sense of the senseless as the Authorities of Finance wobble but never quite fall down. Full of hot air they float above it all! When they bounce it is with impunity! Why are there no Remorseful Bankers? Can Art and Finance ever coexist? Do you have a Blue Chip on your shoulder?

When bankers get together they talk about Art. When artists get together they talk about money. Oscar Wilde

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Letter to the Bank #10

Dear Bank,

In the interests of full disclosure and utter transparency I think I should tell you I recently signed a petition. The petition says: "Congress must place enforceable, common-sense limits on salaries at all the banks that have taken taxpayer dollars."

I also cracked a joke. My question to the banks was this: Where did all the bail out money go? What hole did they pour it down? I wanted to know so I could go spelunking.

More seriously I also asked them this:
What would they do if the value of their home were less than the money they owed on it? Would they walk away?

Yours (whether I like it or not),

K