Passed on to me by a friend. This slow slide to socialism is the same socialism I have been warning those who will read and listen, by writing letters to the editors, sending or forwarding emails and blogging.
Pass on, please.
>> >>> > Catching Wild Pigs
>> >>> >
>> >>> > 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
>> >>> > Professor 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. 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
>> >>> > 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, a politician will never 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 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
>> >>> >
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