Query: recent personal debt figures?

[Jordan Hayes]

I've been wondering about these numbers.  On the one hand, they seem
high.  But on the other hand, the average personal debt has recently
eclipsed yearly income -- which SOUNDS scary, but isn't this just an
artifact of increased home-ownership?  I don't know about you, but
almost everyone I know who owns a home has personal debt that FAR
outstrips their yearly income.

I mean, like, so what?  So more people are in that boat.  Something like
2/3 of households own their home, so why should it be
surprising/alarming that these numbers are so high?