Post by merlin on Dec 15, 2011 5:58:09 GMT
Subject: Greek bailout package
It is a slow day in a little Greek Village. The rain is
beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are
tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on
credit.
On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving
through the village, stops at the local hotel and lays a
€100 note on the desk, telling the hotel owner he wants
to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to
spend the night.
The owner gives him some keys and, as soon as the visitor
has walked upstairs, the hotelier grabs the €100 note and
runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher. The
butcher takes the €100 note and runs down the street to
repay his debt to the pig farmer.
The pig farmer takes the €100 note and heads off to pay
his bill at the supplier of feed and fuel. The guy at
the Farmers' Co-op takes the €100 note and runs to pay
his drinks bill at the tavern.
The tavern owner slips the money along to the local
prostitute drinking at the bar, who has also been facing
hard times and has had to offer him "services" on credit.
The hooker then rushes to the hotel and pays off her room
bill to the hotel owner with the €100 note.
The hotel proprietor then places the €100 note back on
the counter so the rich traveller will not suspect
anything. At that moment the traveller comes down the
stairs, picks up the €100 note, states that the rooms are
not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves town.
No one produced anything. No one earned anything.
However, the whole village is now out of debt and looking
to the future with a lot more optimism. And that, Ladies
and Gentlemen, is how the bailout package works!!!
It is a slow day in a little Greek Village. The rain is
beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are
tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on
credit.
On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving
through the village, stops at the local hotel and lays a
€100 note on the desk, telling the hotel owner he wants
to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to
spend the night.
The owner gives him some keys and, as soon as the visitor
has walked upstairs, the hotelier grabs the €100 note and
runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher. The
butcher takes the €100 note and runs down the street to
repay his debt to the pig farmer.
The pig farmer takes the €100 note and heads off to pay
his bill at the supplier of feed and fuel. The guy at
the Farmers' Co-op takes the €100 note and runs to pay
his drinks bill at the tavern.
The tavern owner slips the money along to the local
prostitute drinking at the bar, who has also been facing
hard times and has had to offer him "services" on credit.
The hooker then rushes to the hotel and pays off her room
bill to the hotel owner with the €100 note.
The hotel proprietor then places the €100 note back on
the counter so the rich traveller will not suspect
anything. At that moment the traveller comes down the
stairs, picks up the €100 note, states that the rooms are
not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves town.
No one produced anything. No one earned anything.
However, the whole village is now out of debt and looking
to the future with a lot more optimism. And that, Ladies
and Gentlemen, is how the bailout package works!!!
