Corporate Structures

Ken

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AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, lease it back to
yourself and do an IPO on, or steal the second one. You force the 2 cows,
one in hiding, 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.


DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for
being successful. You vote people into office that put a tax on your cows,
forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you
voted for then take the tax money, buy a cow and give it to your neighbor.
You feel righteous. Barbra Streisand sings for you.

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.

REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. "So what, who
cares, let him find his own cows." "We've had cows for hundreds of years,
if we give any away will have less."

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. You then heavily over-charge those who have
none. See Republican

DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point you have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government.

BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government takes them both, shoots one of them, funded testing for head trauma, milks the other, pays you for the milk, and then pours the milk down the drain.


FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. You go to lunch. 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. They sell their milk cheaper to the rest of
the world and import nothing in return.

GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You reengineer 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 which kills the economy.

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, wine is better than milk.

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. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.

POLISH CORPORATION: You have two bulls. Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.

FLORIDA CORPORATION: You have a black cow and a brown cow. Everyone Votes for the best looking one. Some of the people, who like the brown one best, 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 is the best-looking one.

NEW YORK CORPORATION: You have fifteen million cows. You have to choose
which one will be the leader of the herd. So, once again, you pick some fat cow from Arkansas.
 
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