A slow day in a little EastTexas town.

It's a slow day in a little EastTexas 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 local motel and lays a $100 bill on the desk, saying he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one 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 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 nowout of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is conducting business today.

Hope you enjoyed the story.

Wrong forum, man--you now get a wrist slap. :devil:

The only problem here is - The proprieter of the hotel paid his bill, but is still out $100.00.................:(

Right Jay. It's nothing but a joke.

Besides, I couldn't find an economics forum.

yeah, but the hotel owners bill at the butcher is wiped clean, so he's good...

Let's not forget the hooker who was in debt to the hotel owner - wonder how she was paying her interest?? Bet he was smiling anyway.
See - you can get screwed and still smile about it.