> > ******************* 
> > Feudalism 
> > 
> > You have two cows. 
> > 
> > Your lord takes some of the milk. 
> > 
> > ---------- 
> > 
> > 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 take care of them and you all share the milk. 
> > 
> > ---------- 
> > 
> > Applied Communism 
> > 
> > You have two cows. 
> > 
> > You must take care of them, but the government takes all the milk. 
> > 
> > ---------- 
> > 
> > Totalitarianism 
> > 
> > You have two cows. 
> > 
> > The government takes them both and denies they ever existed. 
> > 
> > Milk is banned. 
> > 
> > ---------- 
> > 
> > Pure Democracy 
> > 
> > You have two cows. 
> > 
> > You and your neighbors decide who gets the milk. 
> > 
> > ---------- 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Mexican Democracy 
> > 
> > You have two cows. 
> > 
> > The government takes both and drafts you into the army. 
> > 
> > ---------- 
> > 
> > 
> > 
>   Pure Capitalism 
> > 
> > You have two cows. 
> > 
> > You sell one and buy a bull. 
> > 
> > Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. 
> > 
> > You sell them and retire on the income. 
> > 
> > ---------- 
> > 
> > Enron Venture Capitalism 
> > 
> > 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. 
> > 
> > 
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