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. 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 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 cattle raiser.
The cattle 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 take the 100 dollar bill and runs to the
hotel to pay the proprietor 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 explaining that he did
not like any of the rooms, and then leaves town.
No one earned anything. Everyone got paid off. And
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..
to the shores of a lake. 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 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 cattle raiser.
The cattle 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 take the 100 dollar bill and runs to the
hotel to pay the proprietor 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 explaining that he did
not like any of the rooms, and then leaves town.
No one earned anything. Everyone got paid off. And
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..
