Political Science lesson...
DEMOCRATS
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful.
Barbara Streisand sings for you.
REPUBLICANS
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?
SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives it to your
neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him how
to manage his cow.
COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with
milk. You wait in line for hours to get it. It is
expensive and sour.
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.
Under the new farm program the government pays you
to shoot one, milk the other, and then pours the
milk down the drain.
AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an
IPO on the 2nd one. You force the two cows to
produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised
when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement
to the analysts stating you have downsized and are
reducing expenses. Your stock goes up.
FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows. You
go to lunch and drink wine. Life is good.
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. They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded
trains. Most are at the top of their class at cow
school.
GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You engineer them so they are all blond, drink
lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run
a hundred miles an hour. Unfortunately they also
demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don't know where they
are. While ambling around, you see a beautiful
woman. You break for lunch. Life is good.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have some vodka.
You count them and learn you have five cows. You
have some more vodka. You count them again and
learn you have 42 cows. The Mafia shows up and
takes over however many cows you really have.
TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are
two. You don't milk them because you cannot touch
any creature's private parts. You get a $40
million grant from the US government to find
alternatives to milk production but use the money
to buy weapons.
IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows.
They go into hiding.
They send radio tapes of their mooing.
POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed
attempting to milk them.
BELGIAN CORPORATION
You have one cow.
The cow is schizophrenic.
Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times
he's Flemish. The Flemish cow won't share with the
French cow. The French cow wants control of the
Flemish cow's milk. The cow asks permission to be
cut in half. The cow dies happy.
FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one.
Some of the people who actually like the brown one
best accidentally vote for the black one. Some
people vote for both. Some people vote for
neither. Some people can't figure out how to vote
at all. Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state
tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow.
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
You have millions of cows.
They make real California cheese.
Only five speak English.
Most are illegals.
Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.