More on Socialism

Thursday, July 16, 2009

I know I talk about this a lot, but I think we need to be educated and realize what our worldview is. If we don't know what socialism is, how can we avoid it? My sister sent me this and it's too good not to share. Contrast socialism (which, in its economic application, is living off the 'government' who "redistributes wealth" because it's not "fair" for someone to have something you don't have when you "deserve" to have the same stuff/opportunities/privileges so all can be 'equal') with the verse "If any would not work, neither should he eat" (II Thes. 3:10) and other similar verses which clearly teach if you haven't EARNED it, don't take it. In economic terms "TANSTAAFL" or "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch"--what the government gives as "free" (food, housing, medical care, excess tax 'return', schooling, etc.) is being paid for by SOMEONE--that's socialism. As the late Adrian Rogers said, "you cannot multiply wealth by dividing it." Professor is a Genius 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 would work 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.