I am listening with keen interest to the utterings of two political leaders on the issue of the size of the public debt: - the incumbent Prime Minister and Minister of the Finance, self-styled “Papa”, aka “the Great Provider of Food”; The Political Leader of the main opposition party – a former Minister of Finance in the last administration, aspirant to the office of Prime Minister and maybe Minister of Finance. I will refer to him as The Aspirant. While some may be temporarily dazzled by the chimera of brilliance of both leaders, others among us are 2018, February 18th: simply baffled.