The Two Cow Explanation
Since the world situation is making us all think about how governments, religions and business effect us, this simplified explanation might help us under stand better.
THE "TWO-COW EXPLANATION" OF WHAT MAKES...
A CHRISTIAN:
You have two cows. You keep one and give one to your neighbor.
A SOCIALIST:
You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to
your
neighbor.
A REPUBLICAN:
You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So what?
A DEMOCRAT:
You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for
being
successful. You vote people into office who tax your cows,
forcing you
to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you
voted for then
take the tax money and buy a cow and give it to your neighbor.
You feel
righteous.
A COMMUNIST:
You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you
with
milk.
A FASCIST:
You have two cows. The government seizes both and sells you
the milk.
You join the underground and start a campaign of sabotage.
DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE:
You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point you
have to
sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only
one cow,
which
was a gift from your government.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE:
You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd
of cows.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE:
You have two cows. The government takes them both, shoots one,
milks
the other, pays you for the milk, then pours the milk down the
drain.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to
produce the
milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.
A FRENCH CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three
cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the
size of
an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
A GERMAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100
years, eat
once a month, and milk themselves.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.
A RUSSIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five
cows. You
count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them
again and
learn
you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another
bottle of
vodka.
A MEXICAN CORPORATION:
You think you have two cows, but you don't know what a cow
looks like.
You
take a nap.
A SWISS CORPORATION:
You have 5000 cows, none of which belongs to you.
You charge for storing them for others.
A BRAZILIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You enter into a partnership with an
American
corporation. Soon you have 1000 cows and the American
corporation
declares
bankruptcy.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You worship them.