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       Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White
House in D.C. One from Bangladesh, another from India and the third, from China.

       They go with a White House officer to examine the fence.

       The Bangladesh contractor takes out a tape measure and does some
measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well", he says, "I figure the job
will run about $900. ($400 for materials, $400 for my team and $100 profit
for me)".

       The Chinese contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then
says, "I can do this job for $700. ($300 for materials, $300 for my team
and $100 profit for me)".

       The Indian contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to
the White House official and whispers, "$2,700."

       The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the
other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"
       The Indian contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you,
and we hire the guy from China to fix the fence."

  "Done!" replies the government official.