E-MAIL SAYS IT ALL!

It seems like one gets a lot of e-mail, some make more sense than others, but the one I received today makes what I was talking about yesterday in my writing very clear.

THIS PROFESSOR IS 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 would work and that no one would be poor and everyone would be rich, a great equalizer. (Does this sound familiar?)

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism type plan."

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 became 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 students 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 the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

Could it not be any simpler.

Wisdom--The late Adrian Rodgers said, "You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."