>>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
> >
> >
> > 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. You then create clever cow
> > cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them
> > World-Wide.
> >
> > A GERMAN CORPORATION:
> > You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they
> > live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk
> > themselves.
> >
> > A BRITISH CORPORATION:
> > You have two cows. Both are mad.
> >
> > 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 SWISS CORPORATION:
> > You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you.
> > You charge others for storing them.
> >
> > A HINDU CORPORATION:
> > You have two cows. You worship them.
> >
> > A CHINESE CORPORATION:
> > You have two cows. You have 300 people milking
> > them. You claim full employment, high bovine
> > productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported
> > the numbers.
> >
> > 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. The public buys your bull.