Ten men show up for work one day in their car mafufactering plant. Like their fathers had done before them. And their fathers before them. In fact, they were once the manufacturing powerhouse of the world. They were proud of it.

One of the men was the leader of the pack.
As a reward for his responsible position, he made 5 times as much as the others combined.

Then, one day, he discovered that he could produce cheaper if foreigners did the manual work abroad. He laid five men off.

The top man, as a reward, now was paid 137 times as much as the others combined.

He then re-hired these five fired men to be salesmen in his car dealership, to sell more cars to the four remaining workers, to keep consumption up.

Then, the top men discovered that it was also cheaper if he outsourced the higher qualified personnel too. He laid off the remaining four workers.

For a reward, he was now paid 514 times as much as the others combined.

He then re-hired these four fired men to work in his credit card company, selling loans to all his nine former employees to keep consumption up. The foreigners who now produced and developed his cars lend him the money. What he couldn't borrow, he conjured up instead.

For a reward, he was now paid 734 times as much as the others combined.

Then the whole system came crashing down.

For a reward, he got to keep his 734 salaries. The silly nine work oxes who had to borrow to make ends meet were taxed for a rescue plan for the company.

Even this plan didn't seem to work. Now the top man got scared. A plan by the codename 'change' threatened to lower his income from 734 to 731 times as much as the others combined. He started writing alarmist mails to all his friends that those filthy thieving beggars were after his wealth.
He even demanded they'd be stripped of their vote. After all, his wealth was ample evidence that only men in charge like him know how to run a business responsibly.


Biff R. Miller III, Professor of Bollocks.