"Pig Hunting" - Here is something to think about
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 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 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.
By now the pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through
the gate to eat, 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
Communism/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!'
Also, you can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper
than you can do it yourself.
Also, 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 us when the
gate slams shut!