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Making
A Statement With Money
Once
upon a time a billionaire
knew he was to die soon
from cancer. He was
determined to take his fortune
with him because if he could
not take it with him, his
life would be pointless;
so, he began to liquidate
his holdings. A ruthless
businessman, he gave little
thought to the consequences
of his actions. He
was going to die, and he
wanted to make a statement
with his death.
He
began construction on a
huge crypt. When it
was completed he began to
sell his properties, converting
his holdings into gold bars
which were then stored in
the vault. His selling
of massive quantities of
stocks and other properties
caused the markets to plummet,
leading to a severe Depression.
The government tried
to stop the Depression by
drastically cutting down
taxes for the rich so they
could trickle down on the
poor, but it did not work,
except to get the poor wet,
which made it icy and dangerous
in the Winter. Many
poor people slipped and
fell.
Finally
the billionaire stood in
front of his gigantic crypt,
his work completed, knowing
that he would soon die and
that his death would make
a statement.
An
enraged citizen who had
lost his job and life's
savings in the Depression
spotted the wealthy man
admiring his vault filled
with gold and leapt upon
him in a rage and killed
him. With respect
to the billionaire, it turned
out that there was so much
gold in the vault there
was no room left for him,
and so he was cremated and
every Christmas day for
the next several years he
was sprinkled on the sidewalk
outside the vault. As
a result, the poor people
who walked the icy sidewalks
never fell in front of his
crypt and he was finally
seen as being of some use
to society.
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