[Still,] profitability has increased each year, ... very little debt and a strong balance sheet.

If we don't go into any more debt this year, we may not have to dip into the fund balance. The next six months will depend on what emergencies we have.

Private-equity buyers are flush with cash, and corporate balance sheets can handle more debt.

The debt Mitsubishi Motors has will not show up on our balance sheet.

The economy's increasing reliance on unprecedented levels of debt is clearly unsustainable and extremely troubling. The only serious questions are when and how will current imbalances be addressed and what will be the consequences.

So now, as an infallible way of making little ease great ease, I began to contract a quantity of debt.