Oh,lovely story. I agree with the point that we need to be optimistically.

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Josney Ribeiro<[email protected]> wrote:
> It is August. In a small town on the South Coast of France, holiday season
> is in full swing, but it is raining so there is not too much business
> happening. Everyone is heavily in debt. Luckily, a rich Russian tourist
> arrives in the foyer of the small local hotel. He asks  for a room and puts
> a Euro100 note on the reception counter, takes a  key and goes to inspect
> the room located up the stairs on the third  floor.
>
> The hotel owner takes the banknote in hurry and rushes to his meat supplier
> to whom he owes E100.
>
> The butcher takes the money and races to his wholesale supplier to pay his
> debt.
>
> The wholesaler rushes to the farmer to pay E100 for pigs he purchased some
> time ago.
>
> The farmer triumphantly gives the E100 note to a local prostitute who gave
> him her services on credit.
>
> The prostitute goes quickly to the hotel, as she owed the hotel for  her
> hourly room use to entertain clients.
>
> At that moment, the rich Russian is coming down to reception and informs the
> hotel owner that the proposed room is unsatisfactory and takes his E100 back
> and departs.
>
> There was no profit or income. But everyone no longer has any debt and the
> small town people look optimistically towards their future.
>
> COULD THIS BE THE SOLUTION TO THE Global Financial Crisis? Or, is there a
> catch here?
>
> >
>

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