Who is, needless to say, a frothing idiot. He was frothing on about how horrible the deficit is, and how we need to slash spending. It occurred to me that what we need isn't Paul Krugman making well-thought out economic arguments about the value of burying bottles filled with money, what we need is a good metaphor in regards to deficit spending, why it's up, and what to do about it.
Here's my attempt: