Hello All!   
      
   This explains why Socialism won't work, and always fails.   
      
     Is this man truly a genius?   
      
   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 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 this   
   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.   
       
   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.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: NCS BBS - Houma, LoUiSiAna - (1:3828/7)