Given the distribution of wealth and income in the US the CEO-class does get about 11 of every 12 cookies. The success of the CEO-party is that they not only get the 11 cookies but they get the others at the table to fight over the scraps rather than over why the CEO is getting so fat.

I've heard other versions of the joke that included immigrants, women and/or minorities sitting at the table as well. The constant in all versions is that the CEO gets 11 cookies and the others are expected to fight with each other over the remaining one.

CEO's at relatively small operations who aren't robbing us. People will get the point though.

so the asshat could eat 143 of them.

the Union Member wants to steal his crumbs.

The union member gets 12, and the tea partier gets 8. The CEO tells the tea partier that isn't fair, that he and the union guy should each have 10.

A wealthy media mogul, an economic migrant from a poor country, and a single mother on benefits are sitting at the table. The mogul takes 11 of the biscuits, and tells the economic migrant and the benefit claimant, out of both sides of his mouth, 'Watch out! That scrounger is demanding part of your biscuit!' While the two watch each other with suspicion, the media mogul takes the opportunity to grab the last biscuit for himself.

The CEO takes all of them and tells the tea partier that the union member stole his cookie.

Thank you for that one!