shadowcaster
16th December 2009, 10:08 AM
It is the month of August, on the shores of the Black Sea .
It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted.
These are tough times, everybody is in debt and everybody lives on credit.
Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town.
He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 Euro note on the
reception counter and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in
order to choose one.
The hotel proprietor takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay
his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his
debt to the pig farmer.
The pig farmer takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his
debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 Euro note, and
runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute, who in these
hard times offered her "services" on credit.
The prostitute runs to the hotel, and uses the 100 Euro note to
settle her debt with the hotel proprietor for the rooms
she rented when she brought clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 Euro note back on the
counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.
At that moment, the tourist comes down after inspecting the
rooms and takes his 100 Euro note, saying that he did
not like any of the rooms and leaves town.
No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now
without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.....
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United Kingdom
Government is doing business today
It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted.
These are tough times, everybody is in debt and everybody lives on credit.
Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town.
He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 Euro note on the
reception counter and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in
order to choose one.
The hotel proprietor takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay
his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his
debt to the pig farmer.
The pig farmer takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his
debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 Euro note, and
runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute, who in these
hard times offered her "services" on credit.
The prostitute runs to the hotel, and uses the 100 Euro note to
settle her debt with the hotel proprietor for the rooms
she rented when she brought clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 Euro note back on the
counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.
At that moment, the tourist comes down after inspecting the
rooms and takes his 100 Euro note, saying that he did
not like any of the rooms and leaves town.
No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now
without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.....
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United Kingdom
Government is doing business today