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Old 01-17-2007, 10:16 PM
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Two Cows. . . explain politics

FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.
PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all of the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need.
BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and put them in a barn with everyone else's cows. They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs as the regulations say you need.
FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them and sells you the milk.
PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.
RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.
CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and shoots you.
DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.
PURE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.
BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.
PURE ANARCHY: You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors try to take the cows and kill you.
LIBERTARIAN/ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
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Old 01-17-2007, 10:24 PM
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Old 01-17-2007, 10:59 PM
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Old 01-17-2007, 11:19 PM
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Old 01-17-2007, 11:23 PM
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Our teacher handed this out in middle school, and it was hilarious!! (I'd lol but with 4 wisdom teeth out, I really can't)
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Old 01-17-2007, 11:52 PM
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Sorry about the wisdom teeth. I'm getting one wisdom tooth pulled tomorrow. Hopefully, they gave you hydrocodone or oxycodone for the pain.
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Old 01-18-2007, 01:25 AM
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Funny! For some reason I kept picturing Gary Larson cartoons while reading that.
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Old 01-18-2007, 11:22 AM
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Funny! For some reason I kept picturing Gary Larson cartoons while reading that.
I'm picturing the two cows talking in the field.
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Old 01-18-2007, 01:28 AM
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As long as we are talking about cows,
A little anecdote about how interest started. (not a joke.)

Farmer A has 10 cows and 2 bulls. Farmer B has nothing, so asks Farmer A if he can borrow 1 cow and 1 bull and he will pay him back in two seasons.

Farmer A knows that if he were to keep his entire stock and not make the loan, in two seasons the 1 cow would have 1 offspring each season. So if he were to make the loan to Farmer B, he would actually be losing the "opportunity" of two calves which Farmer B would then enjoy the "yield" of the cow and the bull BUT, Farmer A would be losing out.

So Farmer A says, I will loan you a cow and I will loan you a bull, but in two seasons, I expect you to return to me, 1 cow, 1 bull and 2 calves.

And that is how interest started...
- I read this in Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader and thought it a good easy way to understand why we all pay interest today.

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