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<blockquote data-quote="1lessdog" data-source="post: 291442" data-attributes="member: 6971"><p> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>An economics professor at a local college made a statement that she had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.<br /> <br /> The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on this 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."<br /> After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> The second test's average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 the government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <hr /> Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love. They depart to teach us about loss.</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1lessdog, post: 291442, member: 6971"] [TABLE="class: fw, width: 1136"] [TR] [TD="class: post-content alvt"]An economics professor at a local college made a statement that she had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that 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 this 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 had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too, so they studied little. The second test's 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 the government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. 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. [HR][/HR]Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love. They depart to teach us about loss.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: post-options, align: right"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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