>> They finance new cars, rent them out for a while, then dispose of them. That all works fine and vehicle debt is not a problem when rental income covers the interest+depreciation on the vehicles.

Financing anything is ok until something goes wrong. The problem is that too many people and companies are living paycheck to paycheck. God forbid a company hold enough cash to finance their own operations - no that needs find it's way to the shareholders.

A recent headline at CNN said the next problem for the economy was people saving money during the crisis or even paying down debt. SMH.