The 12 Cookies Joke

A CEO, a Tea Party member and public employee sit at a table, with 12 cookies on a plate. The CEO grabs 11 cookies and tells the Tea Party member, "You better watch him. He wants your cookie." The CEO took 11 out of 12 cookies. This isn't a question of what's fair. The CEO has the economic power to take 11 cookies, and he does. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 11, 2012

The parable of the cookies explains well our currently lost national moral stance. Well framed and stated.

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by Randy Morrow - Jul. 12, 2012

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