Economic Models Explained with Cows - 2007 Update?

Dont know whether this is old or not, but i found this hilarious


SOCIALISM
>You have 2 cows.
>You give one to your neighbour.
>
>COMMUNISM
>You have 2 cows.
>The State takes both and gives you some milk.
>
>FASCISM
>You have 2 cows.
>The State takes both and sells you some milk.
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>NAZISM
>You have 2 cows.
>The State takes both and shoots you.
>
>BUREAUCRATISM
>You have 2 cows.
>The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the
milk
>away...
>
>TRADITIONAL 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.
>
>SURREALISM
>You have two giraffes.
>The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
>
>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.
>You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving
>you with nine cows.
>No balance sheet provided with the release.
>The public then buys your bull.
>
>THE ANDERSEN MODEL
>You have two cows.
>You shred them.
>
>A FRENCH CORPORATION
>You have two cows.
>You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, 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.
>You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market
>it

>worldwide.
>
>A GERMAN CORPORATION
>You have two cows.
>You re-engineer 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 decide to have 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 2 cows.
>You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
>
>A SWISS CORPORATION
>You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you.
>You charge the owners for storing them.
>
>A CHINESE CORPORATION
>You have two cows.
>You have 300 people milking them.
>You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity.
>You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
>
>AN INDIAN CORPORATION
>You have two cows.
>You worship them.
>
>A BRITISH CORPORATION
>You have two cows.
>Both are mad.
>
>AN IRAQI CORPORATION
>Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.
>You tell them that you have none.
>No-one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you and invade your
>country.
>You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy....
>
>AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
>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.
>
>A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
>You have two cows.
>The one on the left looks very attractive.
>
>AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
>You have two cows.
>Business seems pretty good.
>You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.

 

i love work spams

my favourite is the indian one