New and Improved Economic Cow Jokes

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21 Feb 2008, 7:31 pm

SOCIALISM

You have 2 cows.
The State takes one and gives it to your neighbor who doesn't have a field to put it in.

COMMUNISM

You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk. Then the cows die due to neglect.

FASCISM

You have 2 cows.
The state takes both and sells you some milk. Then the cows die in the war.

NAZISM

You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and shoots you. Then the cows are killed in the war.

SURREALISM

You have two giraffes.
The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.

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.


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21 Feb 2008, 9:03 pm

politics involving animals is full of win


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21 Feb 2008, 10:13 pm

EUROPEAN UNION BUREAUCRATISM

You have 2 cows.
The EU takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away because the quota has been exceeded.

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.

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 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 annaul 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.

A FRENCH CORPORATION

You have two cows.
You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.


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22 Feb 2008, 8:04 am

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 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 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.


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22 Feb 2008, 10:16 am

A LIECHTENSTEINIAN COOPERATION
You have 5000 cows, of which none belongs to you. You just take care of them for people who do not want to give anyone a share of milk.


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22 Feb 2008, 1:32 pm

AN IRAQI CORPORATION

Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the hell out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy.

AN AUSTRAILIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows. Business seems pretty good.
You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.


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