Infinite loan

I thought this was a clever idea, if you can afford if financially. It's originally from Ben Franklin -- but I found it in this blog entry.

Here it is, in Ben Franklin's own words, regarding having loaned a friend some money:

"I do not pretend to give such a Sum; I only lend it to you. When you [...] meet with another honest Man in similar Distress, you must pay me by lending this Sum to him; enjoining him to discharge the Debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall meet with another opportunity. I hope it may thus go thro' many hands, before it meets with a Knave [i.e. crummy person] that will stop its Progress. This is a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money."


I like the concept. :)


--GG