38. Lesson in
Socialism
This story has been making
its way around the internet, but it is such a great story, I have to include it
in our healthcare discussions. This
story explains perfectly why the concept of socialism can never really work. Here goes:
An college economics
professor 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….
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 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.
Now imagine
what will happen if your health, your very life, is left up to system run by
people who have no motivation to do their best for you. Welcome to socialized healthcare.
Remember,
there IS a test coming up. The 2012 elections.
For America, this one is either Pass or Fail. Either we continue to go down the one-way
road to Socialism or we make a U-turn back to Freedom. We cannot have it both ways.
(Note: This commentary is by Dr. Jill Vecchio.)
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