Posted on 06/30/2009 10:08:42 AM PDT by Jessica2677
Just thought I would share this!
It is the month of August, a resort town sits next to the shores of a lake. It is raining and the little town looks totally deserted. Times are tough; everybody is in debt and everybody lives on credit..
Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town.
He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 dollar bill on the reception counter and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one.
The hotel proprietor takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.
The Butcher takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the pig raiser.
The pig raiser takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel. The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit.
The hooker runs to the hotel and pays off her debt with the 100 dollar bill to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 dollar bill back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.
At that moment, the rich tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms and takes his 100 dollar bill, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and leaves town.
No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is doing business today.
The way the U.S. is doing business today is that 1) the guy doesn’t get his $100 dollars back, ever, because everybody kept a piece of it and 2) his grandchildren have to pay to bail out the town again some years hence.
I agree with you there.
Are you the author?
The bottom line is still valid, though ... no one did anything (except skim a litle) and blood pressure comes down long enough to make us think we’re not going have a coronary aft ..... er ..... a ..............
No one did anything (except skim a little)...but the gentleman still lost his $100.
You’re missing some pieces. At the start, a man (not a rich man) comes to town and fast-talks $10 from ten local people in order to start a business that will stimulate the stagnant local economy. Then, he gives $10 to the hooker, pockets the rest, and absconds. The ten people who loaned him the money have to raise the prices they charge for their various services to make up for the loss. The pimp takes the $10 from the hooker and gives her a black eye, then spends the money on dope. That is closer to how the Government is doing business.
I love this site..lol...I feel like I have found my people.
Cheers!
Perfect!
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