Good old Pumphandle, Sask.

>Grady was explaining how stimulus works in Saskatchewan. Everyone knows there are no prostitutes in North Carolina, so I'm surprised it works there at all :)
>
>>Very funny! :o) However, even with all the problems in reporting (further down the article it gets interesting):
>>http://www.propublica.org/article/white-house-changes-stimulus-jobs-count-111
>>jobs have been created and roads and bridges and golf courses are being built :o) North Carolina has a lot of that construction going on...
>>
>>>It is a slow day in the small Saskatchewan town of Pumphandle, and
>>>streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and
>>>everybody is living on credit.
>>>
>>>A tourist visiting the area 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 motel 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 Co-op.
>>>
>>>The guy at the 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 so the
>>>traveler will not suspect anything.
>>>
>>>At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, states that the
>>>rooms are not satisfactory, picks up the $100 bill and leaves.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how a Stimulus package works.