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Old 02-08-2010, 07:51 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Why Socialist Ideas Don't Work

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.


Could not be any simpler than that.


Why would anyone want our country to work like this? Why should we constantly tolerate laziness?



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Old 02-08-2010, 09:45 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Couldn't agree more. WT obviously doesn't have a comment on this for notable reasons.
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YAY! MOAR right-wing fail chain mail!
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YAY! MOAR right-wing fail chain mail!
Too bad it makes perfect sense.
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Here's some stats on Sweden. Could you imagine having some of these entitlements in the U.S.? We simply don't have the culture that would make it work. But check out the taxation.
Is small government best for society? | Society | The Guardian

I like this quote from the comments....
It's not rocket science. If you encourage a people to believe that in all things the individual is king, they will act like selfish bastards.

Sounds like the U.S.

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Any comments on the actual substance of the posting? It's pretty accurate.
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Any comments on the actual substance of the posting? It's pretty accurate.
Accurate about what?

President Obama is not a socialist, nor does his "plan" involve massive wealth redistribution or fucking with kids' grades lol.
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borden can you name even one country that is entirely socialist or entirely capitalist?
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nor does his "plan" involve massive wealth redistribution
What do you call his Universal Health Care Plan?
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What do you call his Universal Health Care Plan?
A figment of your imagination?

We couldn't even get a Medicare buy-in, we couldn't even let people buy their own insurance via the government, UHC? Give me a break lol.
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