A young man named Bill bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100.00. The
farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. When the farmer drove up
the next day, he said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news...the donkey is
on my truck, but he's dead."
Bill replied, "Well then, just give me my money back."
The farmer said, "I Can't do that. I went and spent it already."
Billl said, "OK then, just unload the donkey anyway".
The farmer asked, "What are ya gonna do with him?"
Bill said, "I'm going to raffle him off."
To which the farmer exclaimed, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"
But Bill, with a big smile on his face, said "Sure I can. Watch me. I
just won't tell anybody that he's dead."
A month later the farmer met up with Bill and asked, "What happened with
that dead donkey?"
Bill said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars a
piece and made a profit of $698.00."
Totally amazed, the farmer asked, "Didn't anyone complain that you had
stolen their money because you lied about the donkey being dead?"
And Bill replied, "The only guy who found out about the donkey being dead
was the raffle winner, when he came to claim his prize. So I gave him his $2
back plus $200 extra, which is double the going value of a donkey, so he
thought I was a great guy."
Billl grew up and eventually became the President of the United States, and no matter how many times he lied or how much money he stole from American taxpayers, as long as he gave them back some of the stolen money, most of them thought he was a great guy.
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