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Was anyone else reminded of Catch-22?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Minderbinder

"At the beginning of the novel, it [Milo's syndicate] is merely a system that gets fresh eggs to his mess hall by buying them in Sicily for one cent, selling them to Malta for four and a half cents, buying them back for seven cents, and finally selling them to the mess halls for five cents."

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The character of Milo Minderbinder is one of the greatest satires of laissez-faire capitalism ever created.

"In a democracy, the government is the people," Milo explained. "We’re people, aren’t we? So we might just as well keep the money and eliminate the middleman. Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry."

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