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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]You have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Or sunbutter and strawberries on gluten free bread. Whatever.
You're dividing it between two people. How to do this fairly?
One person cuts in half, and the [i]other[/i] person chooses.

This incentivizes the first person to cut as fairly as possible. 
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OP, I would want to ensure that the peanut butter is USDA certified organic as required by section a, paragraph 2 of the DCUM code of sandwiches. Also, confirm that it was manufactured with peanuts grown in Georgia as I had promised my friend the Congressman from Athens in exchange for his vote on the jelly requirements last year. I realize this will push the cost over our approved budget and, therefore, the size of the sandwich will have to be reduced by 20%. But, if we purchase bread slices that are 20% smaller at the original contracted price of full-sized pieces, I've been told there will be a couple of nice cookies waiting for us complements of the baker. No need to tell the kids about that.

But, assuming this is all true, sure, go ahead and slice.
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That's awesome. I'm OP btw. Good stuff above.
Hey, I'm not so naive. It just seems so simple, and we do this all the time. I often think there has to be some game theory that will force a little reconciliation in this country. [/quote]

The analogy is missing a few variables. In politics, the 5-year old gets to vote for which parent is in charge and what the household priorities are, and picks a parent who offers ice cream and no bed-time. Then when the kid is tired and has a tummy-ache the next morning and no dishes have been washed and the one-year-old is crying for a diaper change, you are voted back in to clean up the mess. Now how cooperative are you going to be with the ice cream parent? [/quote]

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