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This is a short fable that was wriiten several years ago about the U.S. and 
the world economy.  I will paraphrase the best I can:

6 men are stranded on an island. five of the men are asians, one of them men 
is an American. Each is given a job on the Island so that the interdependent 
community will run properly in the following manner:

 '(for the purpose of simplicity, the only desire the castaways work to 
satisfy is hunger) one Asian is put in charge of hunting, an other in charge 
of fishing, and a third in charge of finding vegetation. A fourth is put in 
charge of preparing the meal, while a fifth is given the task of gathering 
firewood and tending to the fire. The American is given the job of eating.'

Now , think about this arrangement.  How long do you think the asians will 
keep working for the american to carry out his only task of eating.  Will 
they soon figure out that things will work just as well without the American?

The full lecture on this fable that Peter Schiff thought up and was published 
in 2005 is in the interview at the link below.  The entire interview is 
thought -provoking and educational and remember this was almost four years 
ago......................................



http://www.safehaven.com/article-2810.htm