Northern Tier Energy LP (NTI)

[jugs]

Haven't looked into the link yet but thank you in advance.

As for your question---how does debt stack up in such great abundance?

Simple: Because it can.

It's a manipulative ride we, the nation, are on. It started with "futures" and whammo!---Bartering on credit was born. There's not many ways available to control its aggressiveness and nobody wants to see the fall guy take the hit because a bloodbath always results in the end of an agreed-upon solution with the spoils truly spoiling things actually serving everyone.

We owe, the other guys owe, nobody's calling in the markers so that means we're all in this together and while there isn't a remedy, so long as we all shut up, there'll be no rupture in the dam, either.

Nation upon nation recognizes this codependence and doesn't push buttons so hard as to force a collapse.

Business isn't for the faint of heart whether we're talking about a Mom & Pop or a nation. The idea is to push for all you can get without destroying the golden goose, else we all suffer.