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IT'S JUST ME AN' LEROY
A guy stopped at a local gas station, and after filling his tank, he paid the bill
and bought a soft drink. He stood by his car to drink his cola and watched a
couple of men working along the roadside.
One man would dig a hole two or three feet deep and then move on. The other
man came along behind him and filled in the hole. So, while one was digging a
new hole, the other was 25 feet behind filling in the hole. The men worked right
past the guy with the soft drink and went on down the road.
"I can't stand this," said the man tossing the can into a trash container and
headed down the road toward the men. "Hold it, hold it," he said to the men.
"Can you tell me what the hell is going on here with all this digging and refilling?"
The first man replied, "Well, we work for the government and we are just doing
our job."
"But one of you is digging a hole and the other fills it up. You are not accomplishing
anything. Aren't you wasting taxpayer money?"
"You don't understand, mister," The first man said, leaning on his shovel and
wiping his brow. "Normally there are three of us: Me, an' Elmer, an' Leroy. I dig
the hole, Elmer sticks in the tree, and Leroy here puts the dirt back. But ya see,
with the government cutbacks, they are NOT buying any more trees so Elmer's
job has been cut. So now it's just me an' Leroy.
Now, do YOU understand?
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | BARRELHORSE USA - 2015-06-18 11:22 AM GOVERNMENT ECONOMICS AS USUAL .. IT'S JUST ME AN' LEROY A guy stopped at a local gas station, and after filling his tank, he paid the bill and bought a soft drink. He stood by his car to drink his cola and watched a couple of men working along the roadside. One man would dig a hole two or three feet deep and then move on. The other man came along behind him and filled in the hole. So, while one was digging a new hole, the other was 25 feet behind filling in the hole. The men worked right past the guy with the soft drink and went on down the road. "I can't stand this," said the man tossing the can into a trash container and headed down the road toward the men. "Hold it, hold it," he said to the men. "Can you tell me what the hell is going on here with all this digging and refilling?" The first man replied, "Well, we work for the government and we are just doing our job." "But one of you is digging a hole and the other fills it up. You are not accomplishing anything. Aren't you wasting taxpayer money?" "You don't understand, mister," The first man said, leaning on his shovel and wiping his brow. "Normally there are three of us: Me, an' Elmer, an' Leroy. I dig the hole, Elmer sticks in the tree, and Leroy here puts the dirt back. But ya see, with the government cutbacks, they are NOT buying any more trees so Elmer's job has been cut. So now it's just me an' Leroy. Now, do YOU understand?
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Location: SE Louisiana | In a nutshell............
It is the month of August; a resort town sits next to the shores of a lake. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is 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 dollar bill on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one.
The hotel proprietor takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the butcher. The Butcher takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the pig raiser. The pig raiser takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel. The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the town’s prostitute that, in these hard times, gave her “services” on credit. The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 dollar bill to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 dollar bill back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything. At that moment, the rich tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 dollar bill, after saying 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.
This is how our country is doing business today. | |
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