In the outback town of Lingalonga things are tough, most people are out of work because of the virus and just about everyone is living on credit.
A government official is driving through town, stops at the hotel-motel and says he wants to inspect the rooms as he was planning to stay for the night. He put a $100 deposit on the counter and heads upstairs to check out the rooms.
As soon as he is out of sight, the motel-hotel owner grabs the $100 and runs next door to pay off his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the $100 and heads off to pay his debt to the pig farmer.
The pig farmers takes the $100, runs across the street to pay off his feed bill with the local Co-op.
The manager of the Co-op takes the $100 runs down the back lane and pays off the local prostitute.
The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with motel owner.
The owner the places the $100 back on the counter just as the government official returns and picks up the $100, telling the owner that none of the rooms were satisfactory and he would stay somewhere else.
Now, no one produced anything, no one earned anything, however the motel owner, the butcher, the farmer, the owner of the Co-op and the prostitute are now out of debt and looking forward to the future with a great more optimism.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how a "Stimulus Package" works.
