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Anyway this is old but its still raises a smile I hope.
Political & Economic Models explained with Cows
As a Socialist you have 2 cows and you give one to your neighbour.
As a Communist you have 2 cows and the State takes both and gives you some milk.
As a Traditional Capitalist you have two cows, you sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies; you sell it and retire on the income.
As an Enron Style Capitalist you have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. Your auditors then shred the cows
National Stereotypes as explained by cows.
America
You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.
France.
You have two cows. You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.
Japan.
You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow but produce twenty times the milk.
Germany
You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
Italy
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch.
Switzerland
You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you and you charge the owners for storing them.
Britain
You have two cows. Both are mad.
New Zealand
You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
Australia.
You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.
Anyway this is old but its still raises a smile I hope.Political & Economic Models explained with Cows
As a Socialist you have 2 cows and you give one to your neighbour.
As a Communist you have 2 cows and the State takes both and gives you some milk.
As a Traditional Capitalist you have two cows, you sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies; you sell it and retire on the income.
As an Enron Style Capitalist you have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. Your auditors then shred the cows
National Stereotypes as explained by cows.
America
You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.
France.
You have two cows. You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.
Japan.
You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow but produce twenty times the milk.
Germany
You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
Italy
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch.
Switzerland
You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you and you charge the owners for storing them.
Britain
You have two cows. Both are mad.
New Zealand
You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
Australia.
You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.
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