kingrichards
05-15-2009, 11:40 AM
..A Lesson on Socialism
An economics professor at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX said he had
never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire
class. The majority of the 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
socialism.
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, everyone got a B. The students who studied
hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. But, 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, name calling all
resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for anyone else. All
failed to their great surprise and the professor told them that
socialism would ultimately fail because the harder to succeed the
greater the reward but when a government takes all the reward away, no
one will try or succeed.
"A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom can never be
restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever." -John Adams
An economics professor at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX said he had
never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire
class. The majority of the 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
socialism.
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, everyone got a B. The students who studied
hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. But, 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, name calling all
resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for anyone else. All
failed to their great surprise and the professor told them that
socialism would ultimately fail because the harder to succeed the
greater the reward but when a government takes all the reward away, no
one will try or succeed.
"A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom can never be
restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever." -John Adams