by Keven Card

Created on: April 07, 2009

Isn't it funny how some believe that socialism is the ideal government? And they want to create the all for one an one for all utopia here in the United States. Some would even go out on a very thin limb and tell you that we already have socialism and we're just expanding it to help the less fortunate. We all want to help the less fortunate and that is why the United States is the most generous nation that God has ever blessed man with and charity should always be a choice and not a function of the government.

Let's take socialized medicine for example; sure we all want everyone to have access to affordable healthcare because we know that it would make our country better. However, if anyone who believes that universal healthcare works I would ask that they point out which country has better healthcare than the private sector of the United States. We have an two examples of failed universal healthcare that already exists in the United States, Medicare and the VA Medical system (of which I have access to personally and I know how much of a failure that system is).

For a simple explanation of socialism, let me tell you a story.

An economics professor at Texas Tech said he had never failed a single student, but had once failed an entire class. The class (students) insisted that socialism worked since 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 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 had studied hard were upset while the students who had studied very little were happy. But, as the second test rolled around, the students who had studied little studied even less and the ones who had studied hard decided that since they couldn't make an A, they also studied less. The second test average was a D. No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around the average grade 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. To their great surprise all failed. The professor told them that socialism would ultimately fail. The harder people try to succeed the greater their reward (capitalism), but when a government takes all the reward away (socialism) no one will try or succeed.

The proper role of government is described in the 5000 year leap. Educate yourself before we all end up with an F.

For a short video go to: http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment

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