I'd just like to point out that the Leftorium actually did exceptionally well, in the end.
Off the top of my head, Flanders owns a summer house, two boats, a nuclear bomb shelter, opened a theme park, rebuilt his house after a hurricane (with no insurance), bought the Simpsons home, paid for Bart and Homer to go to Hawaii to have leprosy treatment, his kids have credit cards, he was financially able to foster three additional children, and owns a pair of "Assassins" sneakers.
Maybe the analogy isn't so bad, afterall...







