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Posted by Slowback67 (Member # 6348) on :
 
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 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.... (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 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.
Remember, there IS a test coming up. The 2012 elections.

These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment:
1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!
5. 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.

[ December 23, 2011, 08:11 AM: Message edited by: Slowback67 ]
 
Posted by CagedBlueGT (Member # 9804) on :
 
[worship]
 
Posted by LXjames (Member # 10791) on :
 
This whole post is so perfect. That was a good read my friend. Since its my first year I can vote I'll be watching the elections closely
 
Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :
 
I some what agree here. But.... I do not think it is as cut and dry as being presented. There are more variables involved in a real life application of the topic vs. the scaled down and symbolic version. But overall good read and good points.
 
Posted by Luke87GT (Member # 21) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Slowback67:
The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.
The students who studied hard (within their control) and/or were naturally the smartest (not within their control) were upset and the students who studied little (within their control) and/or were naturally less smart (not within their control) were happy.

Does that change the game for you?

When it comes to society's acceptance of who should prosper, how does it rank for you?

a.) Smart and hard working
b.) Dumb and hard working
c.) Smart and lazy
d.) Dumb and lazy

I think everyone agrees that the #1 slot goes to a.) and the #4 slot goes to d.)

But how do you rank b.) and c.) [Smile]

It's completely simplified of course, but throws a wrench into the professor's simplified model.
 
Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Luke87GT:
quote:
Originally posted by Slowback67:
The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.
The students who studied hard (within their control) and/or were naturally the smartest (not within their control) were upset and the students who studied little (within their control) and/or were naturally less smart (not within their control) were happy.

Does that change the game for you?

When it comes to society's acceptance of who should prosper, how does it rank for you?

a.) Smart and hard working
b.) Dumb and hard working
c.) Smart and lazy
d.) Dumb and lazy

I think everyone agrees that the #1 slot goes to a.) and the #4 slot goes to d.)

But how do you rank b.) and c.) [Smile]

It's completely simplified of course, but throws a wrench into the professor's simplified model.
Officially my favorite member. [patriot]
 
Posted by Slowback67 (Member # 6348) on :
 
Luke
A & B would be the same. Both are hard working. Next is D. Then C. If your smart and don't take advantage of your natural gifts then your not only lazy but a jackass.
 
Posted by JBeezy53 (Member # 3960) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Luke87GT:
quote:
Originally posted by Slowback67:
The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.
The students who studied hard (within their control) and/or were naturally the smartest (not within their control) were upset and the students who studied little (within their control) and/or were naturally less smart (not within their control) were happy.

Does that change the game for you?

When it comes to society's acceptance of who should prosper, how does it rank for you?

a.) Smart and hard working
b.) Dumb and hard working
c.) Smart and lazy
d.) Dumb and lazy

I think everyone agrees that the #1 slot goes to a.) and the #4 slot goes to d.)

But how do you rank b.) and c.) [Smile]

It's completely simplified of course, but throws a wrench into the professor's simplified model.
Thanks, that's basically the same reply I was going to type.
 
Posted by 89notchkid (Member # 10698) on :
 
I think about some of these kind of stuff all the time good post
 
Posted by Eddie510- (Member # 2354) on :
 
I had to TTT this ... I just read it out loud with my ladies famliy.. good post

[ December 25, 2011, 03:09 PM: Message edited by: Eddie510- ]
 
Posted by WildFire532FB (Member # 1482) on :
 
Good Post!
 
Posted by Eddie510- (Member # 2354) on :
 
TO THE TOP !!!!!!!!
 
Posted by DIRTY SALLY (Member # 7845) on :
 
Dude where do you get your weed from [Confused]
 
Posted by Slowback67 (Member # 6348) on :
 
I forgot about this one. This was given to me by another member so I posted it up.
 




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