A Lesson in Socialism
 

An economics professor at Texas Tech said he had never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire class. The class had insisted that 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 socialism."

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. But, as the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided that since they could not make an A, they studied less. 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, name calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for anyone else. All failed to their great surprise and the professor told them that socialism would ultimately fail because the harder people try to succeed the greater their reward but when a government takes all the reward away; no one will try or succeed.

Makes you think, doesn't it?

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Excellent!!! :thumbsup

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Yes it sure does!

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:thumbsup

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Ah, but Obama is gonna do it different! It will work for our little socialist pres., trust me!

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That is GREAT!

I may copy and paste this to a few people since it is exactly the type of analogy I am looking for.

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This time socialism will work because it is implimented by a stronger dictator.

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If this dont make you sick. something is wrong with you.


http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...than_socialism

only 53% of Americans now believe that captialism is better than socialism.

for Adults under 30, evidently we have failed them entirely and they have been raised to be idiots. only 33% of them beleive Capitalism is better than socialism.

The rot has begun. America needs RKS to pray for a healer.

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I remember many years ago before the Soviet Union collapsed and their entire economy was based on central planning I read about a couple of jokes Russians had about their communist system. Would you like to hear them? Here they are!;

1. "We pretend to work and they pretend to pay us."

2. Regarding important Communist politicans having limo's and country homes - "Under Communism all are equal. Some are just more equal than others!".

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I wish all Americans could have taken the trips I took as a young person. The pro-socialism crowd would most likely change their minds quickly.

My husband and I had the opportunity to visit the former Soviet Union not too long before its collapse. When we went there, I had expected to find a country somewhat like ours but not quite as wealthy. Instead, I saw a country that was unbelievably backward and oppressed. The bathroom plumbing in the public buildings could not handle toilet paper so the toilet paper (I use the term lightly) was thrown in the trash. IT STUNK from far away.

Old women (maybe some no older than me today) swept the street with brooms made of twigs. Make shift work. Young women who were suppposed to be doing something (I don't remember their jobs) sat around and played cards.

The streets were mostly quiet but for an occasional car. (The few car owners that there were, would remove the windsheild wipers each time they left the car so that they weren't stripped from the car and sold on the black market).

The buildings were void of advertizing and looked mostly empty from the outside. However, if a line started to form anywhere; people JUMPED in as fast as they could so they might have the chance to buy something. Anything.

Our tour guide wanted to make sure we saw their magnificent subway. It was all done in marble despite the stench of the public restrooms and the despondant and despairing body language of the commuters. I saw first hand (to my great surprise) that our poorest American citizens appeared to be better off than most of the citizens of the then Soviet Union. It shocked me.

From there, we flew into East Berlin. When we finally crossed into West Berlin, I wanted to kiss the ground we walked on (really). But our joy at being free was tempered by the knowledge that just a few weeks before, another East Berlin person lost their life trying to to escape to the west side of the Berlin wall.

IN STARK CONTRAST- We visited China within the same decade. And although the poverty was obvious, there was something else going on too. The government was allowing patches of free enterprise and free market ventures. There were street vendors and goods to buy. In place of the despair we saw hope and excitement.

Among other places in China, we visited Shanghaii. We met college kids eager to talk to us so they could practice their English. They were thrilled with the direction their country was headed in. At that time, there were three sky scrapers and thousands of bicycles.

Eighteen years later, our son visited that same city and brought home video footage of his trip. I could not believe my eyes! The city was full of sky scrapers and cars. It looked like New York City!!!

If only the Obama supporters understood where the road to a command economy/socialism leads (an excellent illustration by Mr. Steinway) they wouldn't be so quick to drink the koolaid :koolaid