This sounds eerily similar to a company town.[0] What's next, company scrip?[1] > You load 16 tons, what do you get? > Another day older and deeper in debt >

This sounds eerily similar to a company town.[0] What's next, company scrip?[1] > You load 16 tons, what do you get? > Another day older and deeper in debt > St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go > I owe my soul to the company store —Sixteen Tons by Merle Travis[2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_scrip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_scrip [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Tons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Tons Note: Yes, I'm aware scrip was outlawed in the US long ago but I suppose that's what lobbying is for.