This one will get you thinking....
It's a slow day in a small East Texas town. The sun is beating down, and
the
streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody
lives
on credit.
On this particular day a rich tourist from back east is driving through
town
He stops at the motel and lays a $100 bill on the desk saying he wants to
inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one in which to spend the
night.
As soon as the man walks upstairs, the owner grabs the bill and runs next
door
to pay his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to retire his debt to
the
pig farmer.
The pig farmer takes the $100 and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier
of
feed and fuel.
The guy at the Farmer's Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to
the
local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer
her
"services" on credit.
The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with the hotel
owner.
The hotel proprietor then places the $100 back on the counter so the rich
traveler will not suspect anything.
At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, picks up the $100 bill,
states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves
town.
No one produced anything. No one earned anything. However, the whole town
is
now out of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism.
And that, my friend, is how the United States Government is conducting
business today.
It's a slow day in a small East Texas town. The sun is beating down, and
the
streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody
lives
on credit.
On this particular day a rich tourist from back east is driving through
town
He stops at the motel and lays a $100 bill on the desk saying he wants to
inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one in which to spend the
night.
As soon as the man walks upstairs, the owner grabs the bill and runs next
door
to pay his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to retire his debt to
the
pig farmer.
The pig farmer takes the $100 and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier
of
feed and fuel.
The guy at the Farmer's Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to
the
local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer
her
"services" on credit.
The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with the hotel
owner.
The hotel proprietor then places the $100 back on the counter so the rich
traveler will not suspect anything.
At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, picks up the $100 bill,
states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves
town.
No one produced anything. No one earned anything. However, the whole town
is
now out of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism.
And that, my friend, is how the United States Government is conducting
business today.