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Old 06-03-2012, 6:07am   #1
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Default Socialism explained......number 10,000!!!

The problem with socialism........


The folks who are getting the free stuff don't like the folks who are paying for the free stuff, because the folks who are paying for the free stuff can no longer afford to pay for both the free stuff and their own stuff.

And, the folks who are paying for the free stuff want the free stuff to stop.

And the folks who are getting the free stuff want even more free stuff on top of the free stuff they are already getting!

Now... the people who are forcing the people who pay for the free stuff have told the people who are RECEIVING the free stuff that the people who are PAYING for the free stuff are being mean, prejudiced, and racist.

So... the people who are GETTING the free stuff have been convinced they need to hate the people who are paying for the free stuff by the people who are forcing some people to pay for their free stuff and giving them the free stuff in the first place.

We have let the free stuff giving go on for so long that there are now more people getting free stuff than paying for the free stuff.

Now understand this. All great democracies have committed financial suicide somewhere between 200 and 250 years after being founded. The reason?

The voters figured out they could vote themselves money from the treasury by electing people who promised to give them money from the treasury in exchange for electing them.

The United States officially became a Republic in 1776, 231 years ago. The number of people now getting free stuff outnumbers the people paying for the free stuff...............

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The problem with socialism........


The folks who are getting the free stuff don't like the folks who are paying for the free stuff, because the folks who are paying for the free stuff can no longer afford to pay for both the free stuff and their own stuff.

And, the folks who are paying for the free stuff want the free stuff to stop.

And the folks who are getting the free stuff want even more free stuff on top of the free stuff they are already getting!

Now... the people who are forcing the people who pay for the free stuff have told the people who are RECEIVING the free stuff that the people who are PAYING for the free stuff are being mean, prejudiced, and racist.

So... the people who are GETTING the free stuff have been convinced they need to hate the people who are paying for the free stuff by the people who are forcing some people to pay for their free stuff and giving them the free stuff in the first place.

We have let the free stuff giving go on for so long that there are now more people getting free stuff than paying for the free stuff.

Now understand this. All great democracies have committed financial suicide somewhere between 200 and 250 years after being founded. The reason?

The voters figured out they could vote themselves money from the treasury by electing people who promised to give them money from the treasury in exchange for electing them.

The United States officially became a Republic in 1776, 231 years ago. The number of people now getting free stuff outnumbers the people paying for the free stuff...............

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Old 06-03-2012, 6:26am   #3
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I would go on my welfare system rant - but you pretty much summed it up.
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Old 06-03-2012, 6:29am   #4
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I want my free stuff!
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I want my free stuff!
you would have to quit work, start doing meth, and find a woman to knock up (but don't marry her - less benefits).
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There is free stuff?
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Old 06-03-2012, 6:41am   #7
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Congrats on the 10,000 posts!

(are you expecting some free stuff now?)
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Old 06-03-2012, 6:48am   #8
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Free post.
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Free post.
Wha-hoo!!


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Old 06-03-2012, 6:55am   #10
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you would have to quit work, start doing meth, and find a woman to knock up (but don't marry her - less benefits).
Hmm. Well, at least I do already have a few gravy-stained wife-beater T shirts.
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Old 06-03-2012, 9:06am   #11
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Old 06-03-2012, 9:29am   #12
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And so true.

And the average age of a Democracy is 200 years. Once people realize they can vote themselves a raise Democracy is doomed.

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Old 06-03-2012, 9:55am   #13
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freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Old 06-03-2012, 10:10am   #14
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Blah, blah, blah.

Just give me my free stuff.
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Old 06-03-2012, 10:55am   #15
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The problem with socialism........
Is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money.

Margaret Thatcher.
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Old 06-03-2012, 12:09pm   #16
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Most folks that have a lot of stuff, usually end up getting rid of, a lot a stuff...

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Old 06-03-2012, 12:47pm   #17
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Free post.



"Redistribution of posts... NOW!"
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I think I'll just occupy this thread in protest.
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