Guest deadheadmike Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 It's a slow day in a little 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 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, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is conducting business today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jazz-man Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 That's a good joke but I'm not sure it reflects how the government runs. Care to expound on that, bro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty the Scoob Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Everyone in the scenario came out exactly even. The hotel owner both stole and lost $100 and none of the other participants changed their net worth since they each received $100 and relieved their debt by $100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishman Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Mike that made me piss my pants ,how true things really are ,in one hand out the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deadheadmike Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 That's a good joke but I'm not sure it reflects how the government runs. Care to expound on that, bro? no ... but if you pm me your email address I'll send ya some porno . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP chuckvegas Posted January 28, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit and drink beer all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP bs69 Posted January 28, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 It's a slow day in a little 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 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, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is conducting business today. So let me get this strait, this town has a $100.00 hooker who also pays for the room? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deadheadmike Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit and drink beer all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP nwnj steve Posted January 28, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Hay Mike ,speaking of finance,buy more kerx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deadheadmike Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Hay Mike ,speaking of finance,buy more kerx. I've been holding my breath with , EHSI and KBX , I'm taking it deep on those 2 ... time to buy more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP nwnj steve Posted January 28, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 siri also up 10% today ,.82 has to hit a buck by march or it comes off the exchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deadheadmike Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 siri also up 10% today ,.82 has to hit a buck by march or it comes off the exchange. siri , lots of people lost their ass on that one ... those pennies your looking at are all pump and dumps , be careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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