Government According to Dear Abby

14. June 2008, 14:11 Uhrconcept, people, quoteskml

I read this in the newspaper many years ago and got a kick out of it then.  Thought someone might enjoy it.  Dear Abby has given advice for many years and one reader wrote in with a request to define different forms of government.  This was her response:

COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and gives you part of the milk.

SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.

FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both cows and sells you the milk.

NAZISM: You have two cows. The government takes both your cows, then shoots you.

BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. The government takes both of them, shoots one, milks the other, then pours the milk down the drain.

CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one of them and buy a bull.

Abby, what happens in a democracy? — MRS. J. MC C.

DEAR MRS. MC C.: In a democracy, everyone has two cows, then a vote is taken, and whatever the majority decides to do, you do, and that’s no bull!

1 comment:

  1. Mrs. Mecomber’s Scrapbook » Blog Archive » Government, According to Dear Abby (Pingback), 10. July 2008, 19:58
     

    [...] think her advice was always wholesome, but it certainly was always entertaining. I saw this at a blog, and had to pass it on. SO FUNNY because it is so true!! I read this in the newspaper many years [...]

     

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