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"An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently 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 will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all).

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.

As the tests proceeded, 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.

To their great surprise, ALL FAILED 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. Could not be any simpler than that. (Please pass this on) These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment:

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation."
 
I think we have a moral responsibility to take care of people who CAN'T work (honestly can't work), and I'm OK with helping them, but like any of you, spending billions on programs for junkies, dropouts and just plain lazy arses crosses well over that line
 
I think family, churches, private charities, etc. should be the ones to take care of the truly needy. It should not be the government running the charity show.
An individual should be able to give where and how much they choose.
If the money -taxes- was not taken from us there would be more money to give.
 
Ryder":2aczh7v9 said:
I think family, churches, private charities, etc. should be the ones to take care of the truly needy. It should not be the government running the charity show.
An individual should be able to give where and how much they choose.
If the money -taxes- was not taken from us there would be more money to give.
The same people you see picking up their welfare $$$ will also be in line at the local church getting everything free that they can there.
 
TexasBred":175ad0gc said:
Ryder":175ad0gc said:
I think family, churches, private charities, etc. should be the ones to take care of the truly needy. It should not be the government running the charity show.
An individual should be able to give where and how much they choose.
If the money -taxes- was not taken from us there would be more money to give.
The same people you see picking up their welfare $$$ will also be in line at the local church getting everything free that they can there.

Welfare is not as lucrative as some of you folks think, a lot of the people on welfare also use the food banks and chartable organizations. Welfare housing assistance food stamps and such usually ends up with some rich business owner that provides the housing and the grocery stores the food stamps. Heck I might get a little of that if they buy some hamburger.
 
"What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving." ~ Adrian Rogers
. "You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it." ~ Adrian Rogers

Actually this is not Dr Adrian Rogers's quote but Gerald LK Smith's...truer words could not be spoken!
 

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