Extrapolated Everyday Bull**** Comparison

This post on the Extrapolated Everyday Bull**** Comparison promoted Kung-Fu Monkey from my hitlist to my "read regularly" list.

If you take an exotic situation and translate it into everyday terms, if it sounds like bull****, then it actually is bull****.

Let's look at it this way. Suppose the government automatically deducted 1% of the balance from your checking account every month. Once a month, policemen showed up to your house with guns and demanded 1% of all cash on hand. What would you say? You would say "This is bull****". This is exactly what happens right now, due to inflation.

Suppose the government, at the end of each year, demanded a check for 40% of your previous years' earnings. You would say "This is bull****". This is exactly what happens right now, via automatic payroll deductions.

Suppose the President demanded that everyone turn over their cars in exchange for a photograph of a car. You would say "This is bull****". This is exactly what happened in 1933, when President Roosevelt demanded US citizens turn over their gold for irredeemable paper.

Behold the power of the Extrapolated Everyday Bull**** Comparison!