Interest rates - I did my bit

The O'Finnegan boys (younger bro Roman, me & cousin Inglewood) were over at parliament just before, when we ran into our old mate the Hon. Dr Michael Cullen.

"How is life treating you, gentlemen?" he asked.

Just fine & dandy Mikey" I replied, "But bring interest rates down & it'll be treating me a whole lot better."

At this stage, the halls of the old parliamentary building resounded with decidedly uneconomic peals of laughter.

"Then stop spending" was his parting shot. Leaving me no time to reply that all my spending is on increased interest payments.