well the problem with artie was it was his own damn fault his restaurant got burned down, tony tried other options. he gave artie the cruise tickets, but his wife wouldnt let him go because "someone donated their kneecaps for those tickets". bottom line, artie didnt have the balls to "tell everyone to go fuck themselves and take that vacation" and it cost him his restaurant. fuck him, always my least favorite character. remember after his restaurant burned down and artie was broke and tony was trying to convince him to become a loanshark(this was different from the 50k loan), artie tells tony he doesn't know if he can do it and tony yells at him telling him he knows little old ladies whoev had money on the street for years lol.