it's understandable that the people will take the government's food rather than die from starvation under a capitalist employer who would have them remain in poverty.
imo ... big government sucks and so does selling your time to an employer. On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 8:28:55 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > This has been around a while, but still has meaning. > > * Catching Wild Pigs* > > > > A thought to remember, Marx said, "Remove one freedom per generation and > soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed. > > There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange > students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab, the > professor noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing his > back and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man > what was the matter. > > The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot > while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to > overthrow his country's government and install a new communist regime. > > In the midst of his story, he looked at the professor and asked a strange > question. He asked: "Do you know how to catch wild pigs?" > > The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The > young man said that it was no joke. "You catch wild pigs by finding a > suitable place in the woods, and you put corn on the ground. The pigs find > it and begin to come every day to eat the free food. > > "When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of > the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, > they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. > > "They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have > all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side . > > "The pigs, which are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate > to eat that free corn again. You then slam the gate on them and catch the > whole herd. > > Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and > around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating > the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to > forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity." > > The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees > happening in America . The government keeps pushing us toward > Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of > programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tax > exemptions, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops > (CRP), welfare entitlements, medicine, drugs, etc., while we continually > lose our freedoms, just a little at a time. > > One should always remember two truths: There is no such thing as a free > lunch, and you can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper > than you can do it yourself. > > Consequently, if you see that all of this wonderful government "help" is a > problem confronting the future of democracy in America , you might want to > share this with your friends. > > If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life, then you will > probably not share this. > > BUT, God help us all when the gate slams shut! > > Quote for today: "The problems we face today are there because the people > who work for a living are now outnumbered by those that vote for a living” > > > > > > > *"Any man who thinks he can be happyand prosperous by letting the > governmentTake care of him--- better take a closer lookat the American > Indian." Henry Ford.* > > Live Simply, Love Generously, Care Deeply, Speak Kindly. > > Best regards > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbXQ5aTFtBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NTIwMzQwNzc-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNGxzOGYwBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ1MjAzNDA3OA--> > > • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe <javascript:> • Terms of Use > <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > > __,_._,___ > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
