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.
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.
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 is now out of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how a stimulus package work.
Mornin
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I was in shock this morning during the homily in church. The priest actually turned the tragedy of the horrible flood in Texas into a story of racism. He told the story about the 2 young counselors of a camp who saved the 20 small children under their care. This could be a moment to uplift all of us to imitate the bravery of these young heroes. Instead, he talked about their being Mexican and have been subject to racism with the deportation of illegals in America. He was comparing it to the gospel of the good Samaritan and made sure to mention the Jewish man who walked by and didn't help. I looked at the gospel when I got home to confirm the story describes a Levite (He wanted to make sure everyone knew this meant Jewish). I almost made it to the end of the service until he decided to launch into a testimonial about Catholic Relief services. I walked out before he suggested donations to this child trafficking operation.
On this 1 year anniversary, let us NEVER FORGET what might have been.
A millimeter and a millisecond can change history. And Thank God it didn't.
And how do we know that Trump's ok? Cuz he's still Trump....(5)
