On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:07:17 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:28:50 -0500, Ken Marino
wrote:


Don' even bother with the expected comeback. I'm sure the amount of
potatoes and the expected $$ return figures aren't accurate. But plug in
accurate numbers and you get the same results. Spread the (SOCIALISM AT
IT'S BEST) wealth.

Aw hell. It's easier to tell the "Give a man a fishing pole" story.
I like that one - and fishing is more fun than potato farming.

--Vic


Give a man a fish, and if he's smart, he'll eat the fish and make a bunch of
hooks made from the fishbones. He'll sell 1/2 of them, make a bunch of
money, and buy his fish next time instead of sitting on his ass trying to
catch them. For each fish he buys, he'll sell 1/2 the bones, and soon he'll
be making real money, for which he'll have to pay some tax, which will be
used to buy some other smart guy a fish. Thus, capitalism with some social
responsibility. If you teach him just to fish, he'll be a fisherman all his
life.

How come he's only selling 1/2 the bones?
I don't get that part. And there should be a punch line.
I still like the "Teach a man to fish" story better.
I'm sorry I let slip the Freudian "Give a man a fishing pole."
Probably something in there about my ma, and me being a commie.
But I deny everything, and I'm not running for Prez.
So maybe I'll get a pass on it.

--Vic