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Catching Wild Pigs...
There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some
exchange students in the class.
One day, while the class was in the lab, the Prof. noticed one of the
exchange students who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his
back hurt. The professor asked the young man what the matter was.
The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been
shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying
to overthrow his country's government and install a communist
government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a
strange question. He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line.
The young man said this was no joke. 'You catch wild pigs by finding
a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The
pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When
they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of
the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the
fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of
the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You
continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in
the last side. The pigs, which are used to the free corn, start to
come through the gate to eat, then you slam the gate on them and catch
the whole herd.
'Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and
around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to
eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten
how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their
captivity.'
The young man then told the professor that was exactly what he sees
happening in America
'The government keeps pushing the people toward socialism and keeps
spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as
supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco
subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP),
welfare, medicine , drugs, etc, etc, etc. while the people continue to
lose their freedom - just a little at a time. One should always
remember: There is no such thing as a free Lunch ! Also, a politician
will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it
yourself.'
So, if you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a
problem confronting the future of democracy in America , you might
want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is
essential to your way of life then you will probably delete this
email, but God help you when the gates slam shut! Listen closely to
what the politicians are promising you - just maybe you will be able
to tell who is about to slam the gate on America
"A government big enough to give you everything you want,
is big enough to take away everything you have."
Thomas Jefferson
There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some
exchange students in the class.
One day, while the class was in the lab, the Prof. noticed one of the
exchange students who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his
back hurt. The professor asked the young man what the matter was.
The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been
shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying
to overthrow his country's government and install a communist
government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a
strange question. He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line.
The young man said this was no joke. 'You catch wild pigs by finding
a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The
pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When
they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of
the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the
fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of
the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You
continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in
the last side. The pigs, which are used to the free corn, start to
come through the gate to eat, then you slam the gate on them and catch
the whole herd.
'Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and
around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to
eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten
how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their
captivity.'
The young man then told the professor that was exactly what he sees
happening in America
'The government keeps pushing the people toward socialism and keeps
spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as
supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco
subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP),
welfare, medicine , drugs, etc, etc, etc. while the people continue to
lose their freedom - just a little at a time. One should always
remember: There is no such thing as a free Lunch ! Also, a politician
will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it
yourself.'
So, if you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a
problem confronting the future of democracy in America , you might
want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is
essential to your way of life then you will probably delete this
email, but God help you when the gates slam shut! Listen closely to
what the politicians are promising you - just maybe you will be able
to tell who is about to slam the gate on America
"A government big enough to give you everything you want,
is big enough to take away everything you have."
Thomas Jefferson
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