Laugh when you can, Apologize when you should, and Let go of
what you can't
change!
$100 Bill
It's a slow day in the small town of Zelienople and the streets
are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody is living on
credit.
A tourist visiting the area drives through town, stops at
the motel, and lays a $100 bill on the desk saying he wants to inspect the rooms
upstairs to pick one for the night.
As soon as he walks upstairs, the motel owner grabs the bill
and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.
(Stay with this.....and pay attention)
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
to his supplier, the Co-op.
The guy at the 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.
(Almost done...keep reading)
The hotel proprietor then places the $100 back on the
counter so the traveler will not suspect anything.
At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, states
that the rooms are not satisfactory, picks up the $100 bill and leaves.
No one produced anything. No one earned anything. However,
the whole town now thinks that they are out of debt and there is a false atmosphere
of optimism and glee.
And that, my friends, is how a "stimulus package"
works!
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