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< < *******************=20 < < Feudalism=20 < <=20 < < You have two cows.=20 < <=20 < < Your lord takes some of the milk.=20 < <=20 < < ----------=20 < <=20 < < Fascism=20 < <=20 < < You have two cows.=20 < <=20 < < The government takes both, hires you to take care of them and sells you= =20 < < the=20 < < milk.=20 < <=20 < < ----------=20 < <=20 < < Pure Communism=20 < <=20 < < You have two cows.=20 < <=20 < < Your neighbors help take care of them and you all share the milk.=20 < <=20 < < ----------=20 < <=20 < < Applied Communism=20 < <=20 < < You have two cows.=20 < <=20 < < You must take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.=20 < <=20 < < ----------=20 < <=20 < < Totalitarianism=20 < <=20 < < You have two cows.=20 < <=20 < < The government takes them both and denies they ever existed.=20 < <=20 < < Milk is banned.=20 < <=20 < < ----------=20 < <=20 < < Pure Democracy=20 < <=20 < < You have two cows.=20 < <=20 < < You and your neighbors decide who gets the milk.=20 < <=20 < < ----------=20 < <=20 < <=20 < <=20 < < Mexican Democracy=20 < <=20 < < You have two cows.=20 < <=20 < < The government takes both and drafts you into the army.=20 < <=20 < < ----------=20 < <=20 < <=20 < <=20 < Pure Capitalism=20 < <=20 < < You have two cows.=20 < <=20 < < You sell one and buy a bull.=20 < <=20 < < Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.=20 < <=20 < < You sell them and retire on the income.=20 < <=20 < < ----------=20 < <=20 < < Enron Venture Capitalism=20 < <=20 < < You have two cows.=20 < <=20 < < You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters o= f <=20 < < credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a=20 < < debt/equity=20 < < swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows < back,=20 < < with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows ar= e <=20 < < transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island company secretly < owned=20 < < by=20 < < the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to= =20 < < your=20 < < listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, < with=20 < < an=20 < < option on one more.=20 < <=20 < <=20 < _____________________________________________________________________=20 <=20 <=20 =03**************************************************************** Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation,=20 offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer=20 account or account activity contained in this communication. ***********************************************************************
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