The problem with all of that is the ones who work the least are the ones with the most money. Do you think Buffet really worked a million times harder than the average person? Socialism does not mean equality, but I really don't think Buffet deserves to make a million times more just because he can shuffle stocks around. Socialism just means government ownership of business which is a lot of times more efficient than private ownership. Engineers and scientists should get paid more while lawyers and doctors should get paid less because they are more important for society. Here's a question for this professor. If the majority of people are stupid enough to vote for Obama, do you think they could manage their own finances or run their own businesses? If you had a smart person like me as leader of the country back in 1989, we'd already have LENR as our main energy source if it is real. There are not many private businesses willing to touch cold fusion, but the government can invest in it if they were smart. And if LENR is not real(which I don't think is the case)? Well, both private businesses and the government have wasted trillions on a lot of stupider things. I am not in favor of welfare, but government ownership of business and investments is much more efficient than private ownership. The problem is not government itself. It's the CURRENT government made up of incompetent people, picked by incompetent people. On Feb 16, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Wm. Scott Smith wrote:
> > > > "SOME IDEAS ARE SO STUPID ONLY INTELLECTUALS BELIEVE THEM." > George Orwell > > 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. > > Is this man truly a genius? > Checked out and this is true...it DID happen! > > <image001.jpg> > > 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 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. > It could not be any simpler than that. (Please pass this on) > > > Remember, there IS a test coming up. The 2012 elections. > > > 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. > > Can you think of a reason for not sharing this? Neither could I. > > > > > > > >
