Sunday, February 04, 2007
Gimmie
Wink: The second mouse gets the cheese.
If I asked you to give me a thousand dollars and told you I can make it into a million dollars in a few years time would you do it? Of course you would ask "What for?", and I would say "It's a secret, I can't tell your right now, but I will later". Would you give me the money or not?
If you hesitate, I will say, "Look, we will own all kinds of property and things, and make money for years if you just give me the money". Still not convinced?
"Tell you what. Give me the money, and I will let you know what it is for in a couple months time. I don't want to tell you what for until after I get the money because someone might steal my idea." Will you give me the thousand or not? What's the holdup, I need you to cooperate.
Sound absurd? Out to lunch? Ridiculous?
Our city is bidding on Commonwealth games for 2014, and if you have followed the banter, that is exactly what they are saying. Keep everything secret. Give no answers. Just give us the money taxpayers. Don't explain the expenses that will develop in the future. It's a good deal and you know it, cause we told you so.
Only difference is the gift is to be billions not a thousand.
This work by NSCAVE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
If I asked you to give me a thousand dollars and told you I can make it into a million dollars in a few years time would you do it? Of course you would ask "What for?", and I would say "It's a secret, I can't tell your right now, but I will later". Would you give me the money or not?
If you hesitate, I will say, "Look, we will own all kinds of property and things, and make money for years if you just give me the money". Still not convinced?
"Tell you what. Give me the money, and I will let you know what it is for in a couple months time. I don't want to tell you what for until after I get the money because someone might steal my idea." Will you give me the thousand or not? What's the holdup, I need you to cooperate.
Sound absurd? Out to lunch? Ridiculous?
Our city is bidding on Commonwealth games for 2014, and if you have followed the banter, that is exactly what they are saying. Keep everything secret. Give no answers. Just give us the money taxpayers. Don't explain the expenses that will develop in the future. It's a good deal and you know it, cause we told you so.
Only difference is the gift is to be billions not a thousand.
This work by NSCAVE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
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