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DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
2. But the prize for second place in a beauty contest is still 10 bucks.
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 03:52 PM
Jan 2012

I found that out the hard way believe me.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
3. Yet the same ending happens in unbridled capitalism.
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 04:02 PM
Jan 2012

And corporatists LOVE their utility monopolies.

Until they get caught book-cooking, that is.

applegrove

(118,492 posts)
4. In the 1970s we found a monopoly game in my grandmother's attic from the 1930s. I think my sister
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 11:14 PM
Jan 2012

still has it today. My cousin's kids just got the most modern version of monopoly - little computers are used. There is no cash.

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