Goose egg: a parable

Oct 01, 2008 16:47

Andy is a genetic engineer who has managed to develop a goose that actually makes golden eggs. As with all mutations, there are issues, and due to bizarre replication errors, it turns out that the geese don't actually lay the eggs, but keep them stored inside like tumors, and to retrieve the eggs, you have to wait a year until the goose dies and ( Read more... )

money, angst

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luno October 1 2008, 22:00:37 UTC
Answer: Aunt Donkey and Uncle Elephant, since they made the rules about who can lend and who can insure.

Also, Charlie, since Charlie spent more than a little bit of money himself on lobbyists, who convinced Uncle Elephant and Aunt Donkey that he didn't need any of those bothersome regulations telling him who he could lend to and how he should spend his money.

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vanaabegra October 1 2008, 22:08:31 UTC
According to people like Christian Civil League of Maine Executive Director Michael Heat the problem is very likely god's anger at teh gays. But I think I have beaten that point enough for one day.

The problem as I see it is that Charlie allowed Barry and David to insure each-other with the same investment as collateral. And that Aunt & Uncle bailed him out rather than let him have only $1,333,333.34 to lend and taking the deduction on the lost of $66,6666.66.

Although, I am not sure I follow the analogy of Barry and David insuring each-other in the current situation. And because I have been in far too many meetings today: I am not saying that it is not correct; I just cannot resolve the analogy right now.

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chebutykin October 2 2008, 01:22:40 UTC
Question: who is to blame for the catastrophe?

Adam Smith.

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sageincave October 2 2008, 01:41:39 UTC
I couldn't tell you who's to blame, but I don't think buying insurance is the answer. Who's going to bail out the insurers?

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g33kgoddess October 2 2008, 12:12:20 UTC
The geese. How dare they get sick before their gold tumors are ready to harvest? They should realize that they aren't supposed to die until later.

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