Monday, December 7, 2009

Plumbing the Depths of Socialism

“I think when we spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”

It’s certainly not good for the people whose wealth is being spread around.

And it’s certainly not good for the people to whom the wealth is being spread. Haven’t you ever heard the expression, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”? Give a man $5 and you feed him for a day; teach him how to earn $5 and you feed him for a lifetime.

No, the only people for whom it’s purportedly doing any good are the people who are doing the spreading—and who, by virtue of doing the spreading, are able to accrue more and more power unto themselves. The rest of us are getting screwed coming and going.

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