I am not one for conspiracy theories or looking into the government like it is some big corrupt organization with hidden meanings everywhere so I hope this does not come off like that. I really wanted to share this because it involves optimism and is very creative.
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.
One day, 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 farmer.
The pig farmer takes the $100 bill, and runs to pay his debt to the feed supplier.
The feed supplier takes the $100 bill and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute who in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit.
The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her $100 debt 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 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 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 great optimism.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is doing business today.
