It's a slow day in a small Vermont town and streets are deserted. Times
are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody is living on credit.
A rich tourist 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 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 Farmer's Co-op
The guy at the Farmer's 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.
At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, states that the rooms
are not satisfactory, picks up the $100 bill and leaves town.
No one produced anything. No one earned anything.
However, the whole town is now out of debt and looks to the future with
a lot more optimism.
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