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 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.
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.
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. (Please pass this on) Remember, there is a test coming up......the 2012 elections.
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Great story. The same scenario works for countries too.
Yup, that's why I figured it was worth passing along.
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Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who don't~ Thomas Jefferson~ Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held it's ground~Unknown~Just because your offended doesn't mean your right~Unknown.
Doesn't sound as if socialism is to blame here. If people cared about each other the grades would've increased, not decreased.
Lets say this is the true path that societies take when things add up, why would the most educated continue to put 2+2 into the pot, it will always end the same?
Rewarding bad behavior is hardly an answer either, it will led to socialism as proven by the prof, he just didn't see it that way. The prof simply proved government isn't the answer, he didn't give an answer because he doesn't know the answer.
Socialism 101
