A Stimulus Story
It is the month of April, on the shores of the Lake Erie. It is raining, and
the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times,everybody is in
debt, and everybody lives on credit.
Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town.
He enters the only hotel, lays a $100 bill on the reception counter,and goes
to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one.
The hotel proprietor takes the $100 bill and runs to pay his debt to the
butcher.
The Butcher takes the $100 bill and runs to pay his debt to the pig grower.
The pig grower takes the $100 bill and runs to pay his debt to the supplier
of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the $100 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 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 bill back on the counter.
At that moment, the rich tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms,and
takes his $100 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.
It is the month of April, on the shores of the Lake Erie. It is raining, and
the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times,everybody is in
debt, and everybody lives on credit.
Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town.
He enters the only hotel, lays a $100 bill on the reception counter,and goes
to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one.
The hotel proprietor takes the $100 bill and runs to pay his debt to the
butcher.
The Butcher takes the $100 bill and runs to pay his debt to the pig grower.
The pig grower takes the $100 bill and runs to pay his debt to the supplier
of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the $100 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 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 bill back on the counter.
At that moment, the rich tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms,and
takes his $100 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.