Pay Back is a .............................

bitch ( not a nice word , but true )
On BBC 2 , I was sitting on the bed listening and realized that the hosts were reading news headlines from the tabloids. They discussed each story and ad libbed all the dialogue

Except for the fact that they actually read each story beforehand , it was pretty much what I do. Pay back is ...................

Here goes : from the TorStar business section. Consumerism

                       Canadian                         American

                                                               richer

                spend more on                         spend more
                  food and alcohol                     $ 17 900 / yr
                                                                 in retail stores

             $1200 more per capita

               4.5 X more 


              focused on housing
              and food

                                                            more likely to shop at
                                                            Target / Walmart

      young Canadians 2X as
      likely to own a home

      faster population growth                     bigger population

     avg income $26 888                            $ 35 950

      higher taxes and prices

What does this mean ???  Like Snoopy

Cartoon : Snoopy is laying on his dog house looking up
Snoopy , ' Sometimes , I look at the sky and wonder what its all                         about '

2 frames go by

Snoopy , ' then it hits me , I haven't a clue '