Popular Post The Seeker 3,048 Posted October 30, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Someone sent this to me it's so true.... 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 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. 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. 21 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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ryaldinhio 4,591 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 uk isnt far off number five now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,777 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Seems to hit the nail fairly and squarely on the head ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Seeker 3,048 Posted October 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 And worryingly there are still people who think that socialism is the way forward, Mr Corbyns election proves it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Francie 6,368 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Bgd will love this thread. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arcticgun 4,548 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Socialism works right up until the other mans money's all spent then it's fooked 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Socialists - people who've got nothing and want to share it with you ! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waz 4,262 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Explains it well The Seeker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
*The*Field*Marshall* 674 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I think that quote was given by the late, great Dr Adrian Rogers, a baptist preacher from the U.S - 'asleep' now . . http://www.hoax-slayer.com/norman-rockwell-moment.shtml See through the flowery introduction and listen to the start of this sermon, quite funny!! http://youtu.be/E3gApAhu4FU Quote Link to post Share on other sites
*The*Field*Marshall* 674 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 And this I believe is the full quote: "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". It's been used a few times here and there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rake aboot 4,935 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Sorry but that doesn`t work. Socialism to me is the equal distribution of well being.. The people at the top making space for others to share in the wealth. It`s not for freeloaders, thats not what it`s about. Socialism is making everyone equaly responsible for each other. Yes it`s a utopia, but it`s not the pipe dream every one ridicules. Socialism does not mean, "lets live on the dole" and to suggest it does is lazy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,873 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 People disagree with me but I say that we have socialism now and have done for nearly 25 years, folk say "how can you call the Tories socialists ?".........well I'm sorry, but when governments help themselves to so much of ordinary people's cash in order to engineer society for their own ends then that's communist socialism to me. It's happening now and has been for a long time.......they allow the worst kind of capitalist crime in order to fund socialist government. Stinking !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rake aboot 4,935 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Communism isn`t socialism Wilf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rake aboot 4,935 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Someone tell me that a perfect socialist society isn`t the best option. And put some thought into it, don`t just paraphrase. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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