Labor vs Capital

In one of those South American republics where Military Junta ruled one after the other, a dictator came to the end of his tether. He asked the new dictator a safe passage for him to live abroad. When he proposed Las Vegas his successor demurred.
“You cannot have any objection to my gambling?” asked the loser.” You gambled all through your career, lives of your soldiers. I promoted you out of turn to a colonel’s rank and you lost quite a few wars. Did I mind that?”
“ Well,” replied the dictator, “ what I gambled was with labor, cheap labor. What you are now proposing to do is, gamble with the capital. The republic may not survive if you have had your way.”
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