Thought a little humr makes a pill easier to swallow
>
> Strong message. Unfortunately many Americans will not accept this
> simple comparison.
>
> There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some
> exchange students in the class. O ne day while the class was in the lab,
> the Prof
> noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and
> stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what
> was the matter. 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 new 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 every day 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, who 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 is exactly what he sees
> happening to America. The government keeps pushing us 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...
> while we continually lose our freedoms... just a little at a time.
>
> One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free lunch! A
> politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do
> yourself. If you see 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
> gate
> slams shut!
>
> In this very important election year, listen closely to what the
> candidates 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
