It
appears that our nation is moving steadily in the direction of socialism in
spite of the shouts of warning from many “watchmen on the tower.” It appears
that our “leaders” are willing to take our nation down the same slippery slope
that is causing so many problems in Europe today as well as in the past. It appears that people just cannot understand
that socialism has never worked and socialism will never work because the
majority of our countrymen are willing to following our “Dear Leader” right
down the slippery slope to destruction!
The following information is
circulating around on Facebook pages with the notation to pass it on. Whether or not it is true in every detail, it
is an economics lesson that we can all understand as well as appreciate the
humor in it.
An economics professor at a
local college is a genius. He once made
a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had recently
failed an entire class. Why was this
class different? They insisted that
Obama’s socialism works and is a great equalizer because no one would be poor
and no one would be rich.
The professor suggested an
experiment in his class to see how Obama’s plan would work – substituting
grades for dollars – something his students could more easily understand. He told his students that 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 received a “B”.
The students who studied hard were upset, but 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 third test rolled
around, the new 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.
Human nature will always cause
socialism’s style of government to fail because the world has producers and
non-producers (makers and takers). It
cannot be any simpler than that.
Five
truths you cannot disagree with and possibly the best sentences you will ever
read. They apply directly to the above
cited 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 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.
We would be wise to
heed this counsel from a wise man, even a prophet of God: “Individuals, to the extent possible, should provide or
their own needs. Where the individual is
unable to care for himself, his family should assist. Where the family is not able to provide, the
Church should render assistance, not the government. We accept the basic principle that `though
the people support the government, the government should not support the
people.” Latter-day Saints should not
receive unearned welfare assistance from local or national agencies. This includes food stamps.” (President Ezra Taft Benson)
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