In the outback town of Lingalonga things are tough, most people are out of work because of the virus and just about everyone is living on credit.
A government official is driving through town, stops at the hotel-motel and says he wants to inspect the rooms as he was planning to stay for the night. He put a $100 deposit on the counter and heads upstairs to check out the rooms.
As soon as he is out of sight, the motel-hotel owner grabs the $100 and runs next door to pay off his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the $100 and heads off to pay his debt to the pig farmer.
The pig farmers takes the $100, runs across the street to pay off his feed bill with the local Co-op.
The manager of the Co-op takes the $100 runs down the back lane and pays off the local prostitute.
The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with motel owner.
The owner the places the $100 back on the counter just as the government official returns and picks up the $100, telling the owner that none of the rooms were satisfactory and he would stay somewhere else.
Now, no one produced anything, no one earned anything, however the motel owner, the butcher, the farmer, the owner of the Co-op and the prostitute are now out of debt and looking forward to the future with a great more optimism.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how a "Stimulus Package" works.
sandgrooper1 said
12:06 PM May 7, 2020
Ha Ha isn't that the truth.
Well said and explained.
Bryan said
01:12 PM May 7, 2020
Loved it
Old and Grey said
01:13 PM May 7, 2020
love it Hendo,
Old & Grey
thomas01 said
09:31 PM May 7, 2020
The motel owner hasn"t been paid because he gave his $100 he received from the hooker back to the government official.
bgt said
01:45 PM May 8, 2020
And what about the poor old tax man.
nomadz said
09:00 PM May 8, 2020
The motel owner has cleared his $100 debt to the butcher, so that is $100 he doesnt have to find so I think he would consider he has been paid!
regards,
Ian
Whenarewethere said
09:15 PM May 8, 2020
bgt wrote:
And what about the poor old tax man.
It's actually pre Covid-19, around my area not many are accepting cash!
In the outback town of Lingalonga things are tough, most people are out of work because of the virus and just about everyone is living on credit.
A government official is driving through town, stops at the hotel-motel and says he wants to inspect the rooms as he was planning to stay for the night. He put a $100 deposit on the counter and heads upstairs to check out the rooms.
As soon as he is out of sight, the motel-hotel owner grabs the $100 and runs next door to pay off his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the $100 and heads off to pay his debt to the pig farmer.
The pig farmers takes the $100, runs across the street to pay off his feed bill with the local Co-op.
The manager of the Co-op takes the $100 runs down the back lane and pays off the local prostitute.
The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with motel owner.
The owner the places the $100 back on the counter just as the government official returns and picks up the $100, telling the owner that none of the rooms were satisfactory and he would stay somewhere else.
Now, no one produced anything, no one earned anything, however the motel owner, the butcher, the farmer, the owner of the Co-op and the prostitute are now out of debt and looking forward to the future with a great more optimism.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how a "Stimulus Package" works.
Ha Ha isn't that the truth.
Well said and explained.
Loved it
love it Hendo,
Old & Grey
The motel owner hasn"t been paid because he gave his $100 he received from the hooker back to the government official.
The motel owner has cleared his $100 debt to the butcher, so that is $100 he doesnt have to find so I think he would consider he has been paid!
regards,
Ian
It's actually pre Covid-19, around my area not many are accepting cash!