[HT:GK]

There once was a guy named Randy in Waco who bought a horse from a farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the horse the next day. The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news ... the horse died."

Randy replied, "Well, then just give me my money back." The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already." Randy said, "OK, then, just bring me the dead horse." The farmer asked, "What ya gonna do with him?" Randy said, "I'm going to raffle him off." The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead horse!" Randy said, "Sure I can, watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."

A month later, the farmer met up with Randy and asked, "What happened with that dead horse?" Randy said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars apiece and made a profit of $998." The farmer said, "Didn't anyone complain?" Randy said, "Just the guy who won. So, I gave him his two dollars back."

Randy grew up and has worked for the government in Waco for more than 20 years now. He's the one who figured out how this "bailout" is going to work.

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