When it comes to the animal kingdom, there aren’t too many of our four legged friends out there who get a worse rap than the cow, right?

I mean…for starters, cows are heavy-set, funny looking, belching and farting machines….sorta like the animal equivalent of your Aunt Mabel who chain smokes discount cigarettes and hasn’t gotten out of her bathrobe in 27 years.  Cows can’t fetch your paper or slippers like a dog, they aren’t visually interesting like the Zebra, they’re not crafty or fleet of foot like the Fox,  and they’re not fierce hunters like the Lion.

But before we completely over look our bovine friends yet again, let me offer up this tidbit of information.

Just yesterday my buddy Colin sent me an email highlighting one thing that cows can do that perhaps no other animal out there can.

Believe it or not, cows can explain the incredibly complex world of Political Science in a way so simple that even my 4 year old could understand it.  

Here goes:

1.  Democrat- You have two cows. Your neighbor has none.  You feel guilty for being successful.
   You push for higher taxes so the government can provide cows for everyone.
2. Republican- You have two cows.  Your neighbor has none.  So??
3. Socialist- You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
   You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
4.  Communist- You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
   You wait in line for hours to get it.  It is expensive and sour.
5. Capitalism American Style- You have 2 cows, You sell one, buy a bull and breed a herd of cows.
6. Bureaucracy American Style- You have 2 cows.  Under the new farm program, the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pour the milk down the drain.

There you have it.  Using cows to explain political science.

As if this weren’t impressive enough, tomorrow on ICYW, I will use cows to explain the incredibly complex world of International Corporate Economics.

See?  So how about a little respect for the Cow, huh?