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 Excellent way to understand the philosophy of the various nations.
TRADITIONAL ECONOMICS*
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies and the economy grows.
You retire on the income.
*INDIAN ECONOMICS *
You have two cows.
You worship them.
* PAKISTAN ECONOMICS*
You don't have any cows.
You claim that the Indian cows belong to you.
You ask the US for financial aid,
China for military aid,
Britain for warplanes,
Italy for machines,
Germany for technology,
France for submarines,
Switzerland for loans,
Russia for drugs and
Japan for equipment.
You buy the cows with all this and claim of exploitation by the world
*AMERICAN ECONOMICS*
You have two cows.
You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
You profess surprise when the cow drops dead.
You put the blame on some nation with cows & naturally that nation will be a danger to
mankind.
You wage a war to save the world and grab the cows.
*JAPANESE ECONOMICS*
You have two cows.
You re-design them so that they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce
twenty times the milk.
You then create cute cartoon cow images called Cowkimon and market them worldwide.
*CHINESE ECONOMICS *
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim full employment, high bovine productivity and arrest anyone
reporting the actual numbers.
*RUSSIAN ECONOMICS*
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 17 cows.
You give up counting and open another bottle of Vodka
* FRENCH ECONOMICS *
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
*GERMAN ECONOMICS *
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so that they live for 100 years, eat once a month and
milk themselves.
*BRITISH ECONOMICS *
You have two cows.
They are both mad.
*ITALIAN ECONOMICS*
You have two cows.
You don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.
*SWISS ECONOMICS *
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you.
You charge others for storing them.
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LOL! 
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Ive always thought this list could be extended
* AUSTRALIAN ECONOMICS *
You have 2 Cows
You chuck one on the 'barbie,
Send the other out for beers
Bonza mate
* DUTCH ECONOMICS *
You have 2 cows
They're both high.
* ISRAELI ECONOMICS *
You have 2 Cows
You settle them where your neighbour has 2 Cows
You now have 4 Cows
* PALESTINIAN ECONOMICS *
.... No Im not going there.
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* AUSTRALIAN ECONOMICS *
You have 2 Cows
The one on the right looks kind of cute.
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Surely you must have mixed up cows and sheep? Reminder: Cows are the ones with the horns... 
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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J4amieC wrote: * ISRAELI ECONOMICS *
You have 2 Cows
You settle them where your neighbour has 2 Cows
You now have 4 Cows
ISRAELI ECONOMICS *
You import 2 Cows, one from Europe and another from Russia
You settle them where your neighbour has 2 Cows and drive the neighbour's cows away
You now have 2 Cows and the neighbour's land
J4amieC wrote: * PALESTINIAN ECONOMICS *
.... No Im not going there.
* PALESTINIAN ECONOMICS *
You have 2 cows
Your neighbour drives them away and places her 2 cows and claims the land to be hers
She then buys the media and does propaganda that you stole her cows.
The world believes it and calls you terrorists.
FTFY.
modified 30 Apr '12 - 11:15.
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* PALESTINIAN ECONOMICS *
You have 2 cows
Your neighbour drives them away and places her 2 cows and claims the land to be hers
She then buys the media and does propaganda that you stole her cows.
The world believes it and calls you terrorists.
...and telling fairy tales like that is what they do instead of creating a real economy.
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jschell wrote: instead of creating a real economy.
I am not arguing for either side, but unless the Palestinians who want to build the economy are enabled to, having one third of their young men unemployed provides the terrorists with potential recruits.
Israel retains security control and jurisdiction over planning and construction in close to 60 percent of the area of the West Bank (Area C), while the PA is responsible for the provision of services there.
The PA’s ability to do so is severely impeded by Israel’s control over planning and construction: for example, the PA can provide a teacher, but not build a school for the teacher to teach in.
In addition, as land is a common means of storing wealth and a powerful economic asset, providing a foundation for economic activity in sectors as varied as agriculture, industry, housing, and tourism, the lack of control over Area C has profound detrimental effects on the Palestinian economy (World Bank 2010).
The present situation also severely handicaps Palestinian economic activity in the Jordan Valley, as most of the Jordan Valley is Area C, thereby denying Palestinians a potential powerhouse of export-oriented high value-added agriculture.
All cargo must use a back-to-back loading system, where shipments are downloaded from Palestinian to Israeli trucks or vice versa: a procedure that adds significant cost and delays to the shipping process.
Businesses in the West Bank are hurt by the growing list of “dual use” items that cannot be imported because the GoI views them as security threats, and it remains difficult for investors to get visas to enter and remain in the West Bank.
Palestinian telecommunications companies are not allowed to cover 3G wireless services, which constrains the market for developing applications for mobile phones, one of the fastest growing fields in the IT industry.
Other significant restrictions on growth include the inability to develop the Gaza Marine gas field.
World Bank, March 21, 2012
And there's much more.
So you can see that Israel's (understandable) need for security unfortunately hinders Palestinian entrepreneurs, foreign investment, and, thus, the creation of a real economy and the chance of peaceful co-existence.
All that is necessary for Evil to succeed is for Good Folks to keep voting for their Party. - Cornelius Thirp
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ict558 wrote: So you can see that Israel's (understandable) need for security unfortunately
hinders Palestinian entrepreneurs, foreign investment, and, thus, the creation
of a real economy and the chance of peaceful co-existence.
And what makes you think that my response to the previous response didn't make it clear that I already understand that?
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