College Lesson In Socialism
I received this in an email and thought that it was worth repeating.
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had
never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class.
That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked and that no one
would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor
then said, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama’s plan.
All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade
so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.”
After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The
students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little
were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied
little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they
wanted a free ride too so they studied little. The second test average was
a D! No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. The scores never
increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings
and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. All failed, to their
great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also
ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is
great but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or
want to succeed.
This is how socialism works, or should I say, doesn’t work. This is why you have 14-year-old girls living in impoverished neighborhoods saying they can’t wait to get pregnant and start getting their check. This is why a large number of people living on government assistance in the City of New Orleans did not have a clue of what to do when their ‘provider’ didn’t show up for them in the flood. Politicians who think socialism and progressive ideals are good ideas are why we need to Clean the House and the Senate in November 2010.
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