How Socialism Works....

[Gene_SC]

An example they'll not soon forget...

A Quick Lesson in Economics...

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student,

but had once failed an entire class.

That class had insisted that socialism worked; 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, 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.

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.

All failed, to their great surprise, 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.

Can it be any simpler than that?

[ronbeaux]

It's been tried and it failed miserably.

Show up at a match and demand to have equal scores and see what happens.

[Big_Bill]

That is an excellent analogy for students that have difficulty as rational thinkers.

I explained it to my daughter many years ago when she brought up this subject form a school lesson. And the teacher had realy drummed this into the children's heads. She was very adamant that I was wrong, And that she wanted to share her new bicycle to her girlfriend, because she didn't have one, and that she should share her wealthbecauseshe believed in the Socialist Society so much. And she did, just to spite me. In a few days she came to me, and wanted me to buy her another bicycle, she told me how much her friend was enjoying her bike, and that she wanted one also ! I told her to convince some other child just how great Socialism was, and see if they would giveher theirs. After a short time she came back to me crying, and wanted me to buy her a bike. I told her to see if her friend would be willing to share the bike she gave her. She returned and told me that she was not willing to share her new bike with my daughter ! And my daughter cried, and wanted a new bike ! I told her that she made a decision to be a socialist, and give away what was hers, and I informed her that I am NOT A SOCALIST, I'm a Capitalist, and work very hard for my money, and I will not buy her anything that she would give away ! I told her she could work for a new bicycle, and we would give her chores to do, and that if she did them properly, I would pay her for her work. She then asked me, when will you get me a new bicycle ? I told her when she earned enough money to pay for it ! It was a long summer before she came close to the cost of the bicycle that she wanted, and she is a staunch Capitalist Conservative today !

I felt badly for her when she watched the other kids riding their bikes, but she had many other toys and a large swing set to play with, most lasting lessons come from suffering !

It's always nice to get something for nothing, until you have nothing !

Bill

[chrisremair77]

I am more liberal then most on here. I have taken Economics and understand how both Socialism and Capitalism. I always knew that socialism/ communism would never work, and if it did then its citizen would never be happy. Capitalism is the base of our economy.

This anecdote really provides a really powerful example of Socialism at work. It really put my mind in perspective and to look at it in a new way.

I liked that story.