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Do you agree with this analogy?

mr niceguy May 10, 2008 04:19:42

Interesting concept.
>>
>> Subject: Feeding the pigs
>>>
>>> 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 prof 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
>>> putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and
>>> begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. 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 cuts, tax exemptions, tobacco subsidies,
>>> dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare,
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.
>>>
>>> If you see that all of this wonderful government
>>> 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America
,
>>> you might want to send this on to your friends. If you think the
free
>>> ride is essential to your way of life, then you will probably
delete
>>> this email. But God help you when the gate slams shut!
>>>
>>> The only thing I can add to this is a question
>>> for you......Which candidates out there are most anxious to spread
>>> around the free corn,
>>>
>>> And what might their motives be? Think about it.
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  • +6 Elle (Always for McCain) May 10, 2008 04:26:48
    Elle (Always for McCain)

    yes

    great analogy, here is what Winston Churchill had to say about socialism:
    Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
    Winston Churchill
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    CesarRockoon/GodSoccer&RokNRol May 10, 2008 06:46:48
    CesarRockoon/GodSoccer&RokNRol

    Undecided

    No more Mr. Niceguy
  • +6
    Elle (Always for McCain) May 10, 2008 04:26:48
    Elle (Always for McCain)

    yes

    great analogy, here is what Winston Churchill had to say about socialism:
    Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
    Winston Churchill
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    mr niceguy Elle (A... May 10, 2008 04:34:30
    mr niceguy
    Amen, and we're sharing that misery now, thanks to those who continually vote to increase entitlements, and cause pain to the rest of us who pay for them
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