A SLOW DAY‏

A SLOW DAY IN A SMALL EAST TEXAS TOWN

 
It's a slow day in a small East Texas town. The sun is beating down, and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everyone is in debt, and everyone is living on credit.
On this particular day a wealthy 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 leaves to go upstairs, the owner grabs the bill and runs next door to pay-off his debt to the butcher.
The butcher then 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 Farmer's Co-op, the supplier of feed and fuel.
The owner at the Farmer's Co-op takes the $100 and runs off 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 back to the motel and pays off her room bill with the motel owner.
The motel owner then places the $100 back on the counter so the wealthy traveler will not suspect anything has happened.
At that moment, the traveler comes back down the stairs and says the rooms are not satisfactory, picks up the $100 bill, pockets his money, and leaves town.
Nobody has produced anything; nobody has earned anything, and no permanent jobs are being created.
However, the whole town is now out of debt and looks to the future with some optimism.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is conducting business today!