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09/08/15

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Originally posted by pints ↑

Interesting (and very perceptive of the professor to get the message home). "You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.” ~Bob Marle "Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art." -Leonardo da Vinci

Subject: FIVE BEST SENTENCES IN ECONOMICS

FIVE BEST SENTENCES IN ECONOMICS

This story reminds me of the situation in Greece where they want a shorter work-week, earlier retirement, higher minimum wages, less taxes - generally more for less. To avert the risk of Greece going bankrupt, the IMF gave them a bail-out package, but Greece went on it's merry free-for-all way and now says that it will not repay the IMF Loan. Now they want another Loan. That is what socialism does to you.

This story should become mandatory reading for the Govt. of Greece's Politicians and be introduced as part of the curiculum in Greek schools.An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked well since no one would be poor and no one would be rich, thus providing a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on the Socialist 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.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all).

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 likewise 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 was motivated to 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 (and risk) is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will work really hard to succeed.

Could not be any simpler than that. (Please pass this on)

These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment:

You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

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.

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Oh look, a right-wing chain letter. Ive only seen this maybe 5 times before with a few words changed here and there.

Because the right need to construct fantasy worlds as the only way of getting their point across.
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