A Solution to the Financial Crisis

[BuddingGeezer]

A Solution to the Financial Crisis


The rain has not stopped falling in a small beach-front tourist town during the month of August on the shores of the Black Sea. The town seems deserted . Times are hard and everyone owes everyone else and all are living on credit.

Suddenly, a wealthy gentleman tourist appears! He goes into the only Hotel in the town and puts a $100 bill on the reception desk and says to the owner, "I will look at the rooms and see which one I prefer to sleep in".

The hotel owner takes the $100 bill, runs over to the Butcher Shop and pays his bill with it. The butcher takes the $100 bill and runs to the Slaughter House and pays his bill with it. The slaughter house owner takes the $100 bill and runs to the Feed Distributor and pays his bill with it. The feed supplier takes the $100 bill and runs to the "City Prostitute" and gives it to her since she's been servicing him on credit. The prostitute takes the $100 bill and runs to the hotel to pay her bill for the rooms she used while servicing her customers.

At that moment the rich tourist returns to the reception desk after checking out the different rooms, picks up his $100 bill and says none of the rooms meet his standards and leaves the town.

Not a one person in the town profited, but now they have no debts and all are looking optimistically to the future.

[bubbagazoo]

I like it.

[rbertalotto]

Um........The hotel owner is out $100....sorry

The hotel owner never owned the $100............Just like the federal government, paying bills with some one else money...............

When we are touring around the country and we go through these little towns out in the middle of nowhere, with no obvious form of commerce, we always ask ourselves "What they do for a living...." A friend of mine always replies....."They do each others laundry...."

Perfect!

[AKBeemer]

The real flaw in this story is the idea that a sporting woman would provide services on credit.... er, so I've been told.

[26667]

maybe someone still has this or remembers this better than I. I deleted from my email having fwd'd it to lots of pals. But it essentially goes like this:

There are a number of 'almost-retirement-age' people in the US. Hundreds of thousands of them. The feds could give each $1 miilion with the promise that they'd immediately leave the work force and buy a new car. In addition to saving the auto industry, that would, in turn, open up hundreds of thousands of jobs across the nation, while the recipients of the millions would also naturally have to spend it on more than just the autos.

The clever fellow who originated the email had worked out the numbers so that the millions of dollars added up to just about the exact amout of the federal "bail out" or whatever you care to call it. Which by the way is not at all the point if you're trolling or trying to have some sort of partisan hissy fit. Go start your own thread about what the federal bail out should be called and mix some xanax with that Jack.:bottle

But not bad, eh? Why not cut out the middle man in this process and cut to the chase?...oh, right. Because there are congressmen and senators involved.

[hlothery]

Really like that plan. I could stop working, buy a new Carrera, play golf all the time, and benefit my country all in the process. How patriotic is that?:thumb

[Rich]

Not a one person in the town profited, but now they have no debts and all are looking optimistically to the future.

As RoyB mentioned, it looks to me like the prostitute still owes $100.

So much for an easy solution. :scratch