Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Things that make you say hummmmm......

Here's a very simplified illustration of what is about to happen under an "Obama-Nation". Although its been explained SEVERAL times .....the majority still continues to have a hard time grasping this....maybe they are getting lost in the "big words".....so here it is.....the dumbed down version taken from the internet....

A fictional story to make you think:

Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy outside the restaurant holding a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money." I laughed.

Once inside the restaurant, I observed that my young waitress had on an "Obama ‘08" button on her shirt, again I laughed--just imagine the coincidence.

Then I remembered Obama’s recently stated belief to Joe the Plumber in Ohio that it is good to increase taxes so that the “wealth is spread around”. So when the bill came I decided not to tip the waitress and explained to her that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. She stood there in disbelief while I told her that I was going to redistribute her gratuity to someone who I deemed more in need: the homeless guy outside. The server cursed under her breath and angrily stormed from my sight.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the waitress inside for her hard work because I had decided he could use the money more than she could. The homeless guy was grateful.

At the end of my rather unscientific experiment I realized the homeless guy was grateful for getting money he did not earn, but the waitress was pretty angry that I gave away the money she did rightfully earned even though the actual recipient needed money more than she did.

Will she work as hard in the future if she knows her earnings are going to be confiscated so the wealth is spread around?

I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier concept to justify in theory (much like Communism) than in practical application in which it never works and creates bitterness.

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