An economics professor at Texas Tech said he had never failed a
single student before but had, once, 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 socialism.
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 hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.
But, 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.
The scores never increased as bickering, blame, and name calling all
resulted in hard feelings as no one would study any longer for the
benefit of anyone else. All failed, to their great surprise, and the
professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because
under capitalism when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is
great; but when the government levels the playing field and takes more
of reward away; no one will try or want to succeed as much as before.
Could not be any simpler than that….
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