Let me put these numbers another way: if you lived in Vegas and had a dinner party with your eight closest friends, one of them would likely be in the process of losing their home.

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Whilst your relatives are sleeping off Christmas dinner, you can jot down all those fabulous ideas you had after your third helping of brandy-soaked Christmas Pudding.

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When we had a Steak Fry to march to, when we had a J-J Dinner to fire up -- (applause) -- you brought your neighbors and you made homemade signs.

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