The Bush administration floated the scheme of investing in political assassinations, called the Policy Analysis Market (PAM)
You'd want to put your ads in the "Wall Street Journal", "Guns and Ammo", and "Soldier of Fortune".
That would make great ad copy, "Special, this week only, buy three options on American Death and get one Foreign Assasination free! Act now ! Get in on the ground floor of this historic oppty. For every $10 million in transactions you sell, we'll give you one option on the death of any person you name, it could be a neighbor, ex-spouse, family member, the choice is yours! And if they are killed within the 1-year term of the option, the value of your option triples!"
Gosh, we could bring this down to the neighborhood. Get gangs to invest in each others' deaths, for fun and profit. Gangs could be just like the US DOD; if they bet on a rival's death, they could guarantee a win... It's the American Way!
I can't wait 'till they bring this back under some other name. Just think - since a peace-loving upstanding person is least likely to be killed, the odds on their violent death would be the highest, so those are the ones to send Vinny after once you've laid your bets. |
