Robbing Peter to pay Paul
One of the fascinations of life is to look at idioms. More often than not, they capture wisdom in just a few brief words. Take the title to this article. Literally, it means you are prepared to commit a crime to pay off a debt but it shows a more general circularity. If you borrowed from Peter to repay Paul, you would still be in debt. You would be no better off. In fact, you might be worse off if Peter charged a higher rate of interest than Paul. Except, there might be times when the robbery brings you out ahead of the game. Where you could get away with the “crime” and at least be no worse off. In some cases, you might even be better off. Let’s go back a few brief months to a press conference called by President Obama. He was pressing on with his campaign… Read More…
