"One man's trash is another man's treasure." Everyone has heard the quote, but I have no idea who wrote it. Nevertheless, there always seems to be someone who's willing to buy anything at any price regardless of its real value. Here are a few.
Manhattan Island-The Indians sold it for a few beads (bad deal). The Arabs just paid $800 million for the Chrysler Building (good deal to the likely immigrant guy that owned it). The Indians should have held out.
Louisiana Purchase-The French sold it for about $16 million (bad deal). The U.S.A. has made a bucket of money since (good deal). However, now our government is spending billions rebuilding New Orleans in spite of the fact that the Gulf of Mexico will consume it in about 50 years (really bad deal).
Alaska-We bought it from the Russians for about $8 million (good for us). I bet the Russians would be drilling for oil if they still owned it and would sell it to us for $100+ per barrel (and we would probably pay it-not only a bad deal, but stupid).
RCA Dome- Indianapolis built it for a little over $35 million (great deal) and it was the catalyst for the renovation to downtown Indy. Now we are building another dome for $700+ million and giving most of the revenue to a bunch of rich guys (worst deal of the new millennium for any city)-until the next city gets suckered by the NFL.
My wife-Great, great deal! No explanation necessary.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Junk vs. Important Stuff
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2 comments:
Getting to read this stuff for free: Great Deal!
Having to hear how dumb Indy is for the next 25 years....Bad Deal!
Just go with it Big Guy. Accepting that no one cares what Joe Taxpayer really thinks is much easier than "fighting the good fight."
Saying your wife is a great great deal....very Good deal and quite smart of you! Enjoying your humorous look at life in Indy.....more exciting then watching paint dry in Greene County! LOL
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