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In the tale, the little red hen finds a grain of wheat, and asks for help from the other farmyard animals (most adaptions feature a pig and a duck) to plant it, but none of them volunteer.
At each later stage (harvest, threshing, milling the wheat into flour, and baking the flour into bread), the hen again asks for help from the other animals, but again she gets no assistance.
Finally, the hen has completed her task, and asks who will help her eat the bread. This time, all the previous non-participants eagerly volunteer. She declines their help, stating that no one aided her in the preparation work. Thus, the hen eats it with her chicks leaving none for anyone else.
The moral of this story is that those who show no willingness to contribute to a product do not deserve to enjoy the product: "if any would not work, neither should he eat."[1]
ChuckNasty
reply to post by NoRulesAllowed
Good example of socialism. In the ideal socialism model, using your example, the government should have stepped in and prevented the corp from going overseas.
ketsuko
reply to post by BrianG
Sounds cool until he does something you don't like. Then what? Too bad, he's the dictator.
So basically, one man rides roughshod over people no matter what he does because he can.
Need that hospital built? OK, build it! What about those people who spent years living in the buildings that need to be demolished to make way for the hospital? Too bad, they just get kicked to the curb. Who cares if they owned those buildings or not. We need that hospital and it has been decreed by the benevolent dictator that we will build it. For the greater good, right? They'll just move elsewhere. (China does this, btw.)
Need a new power source? No problem! The dictator will just decree that scientists will create it, and he'll shut down all existing evil power plants to get it done. And when the scientists don't have that new power source instantly ready to come on line and people are suffering without electricity ... well, it's the fault of the scientists. Clearly, they did not do their jobs.
Ooo, this dictator business is fun!
Oh, and we could all swear lifelong allegiance to the dictator ... including the military. And since he is protecting us all now, we have no need for our guns. He is defending us like the benevolent father he is ...
Krazysh0t
So explain to me why the Government needed to save MericaCorp to begin with? It is their own fault that they are failing. What should have happened is that the corporation failed allowing for newer, small businesses to be opened up by the unemployed of MericaVille. The government didn't need to step in at all since the dumb actions of the corporation caught up with them and put them in dire straights. It's their fault for being in that situation and no one needs to bail them out.
Corporate subsidies keep businesses that really need to go under afloat. If these corporations would go under, then many newer, small businesses can fill the void without the resources to outsource overseas and would hire locally. The problem is self-correcting and with government involvement, all you are doing is having the government pay the paychecks of the workers while the corporation continues to pocket the profits from shipping jobs overseas. Meanwhile, the national debt rises each year due to the subsidies. I mean, why go through all the trouble of giving MericaCorp money anyways? Why can't the government just employ the unemployed workers. That is essentially what they are doing anyways.edit on 7-1-2014 by Krazysh0t because: (no reason given)
“Do you see that man in the corner? I’m going to kill him. He’s ruined my life!”
This angry outburst came from a lawyer friend who is leaving France to move to Britain to escape the 70 percent tax he pays. He says he is working like a dog for nothing – to hand out money to the profligate state. The man he was pointing to, in a swanky Japanese restaurant in the Sixth Arrondissement, is Pierre Moscovici, the much-loathed minister of finance. Moscovici was looking very happy with himself. Does he realize Rome is burning?
Granted, there is much to be grateful for in France. An economy that boasts successful infrastructure such as its high-speed rail service, the TGV, and Airbus, as well as international businesses like the luxury goods conglomerate LMVH, all of which define French excellence. It has the best agricultural industry in Europe. Its tourism industry is one of the best in the world.
But the past two years have seen a steady, noticeable decline in France. There is a grayness that the heavy hand of socialism casts. It is increasingly difficult to start a small business when you cannot fire useless employees and hire fresh new talent. Like the Huguenots, young graduates see no future and plan their escape to London.
Wrabbit2000
reply to post by Krazysh0t
Well, we already hold the highest corporate tax rate on Earth...So we have the overtaxing side down. I'm not sure we're lacking loopholes to drive rushhour traffic through, either?
Must be all the wrong loopholes which is likely...since they aren't writing them to benefit anyone but individual business and political ambition.
Oannes
Does socialism basically mean that everyone gets a slice of the pie? That would explain why capitalists are so afraid of it. "Can't have everyone living well on equal footing now can we ?"
Oannes
Does socialism basically mean that everyone gets a slice of the pie? That would explain why capitalists are so afraid of it. "Can't have everyone living well on equal footing now can we ?"
ketsuko
Because socialism needs to compel everyone to be part of the system in order for it to do what it needs to. Look at the public school system. It is nearly 100% socialized. Everyone is compelled by taxation to take part in it whether or not they will ever use it. Every child is compelled into it unless their parents have the means to spend money over and beyond to get them out of the system, even with homeschooling.
And every year, we dump more money into the system. Can you honestly say the results are worth it?
Part of the problem, and I say this is as someone who was on the inside, is that students are not considered into the equation much. They are thought of as products or outcomes. Teachers are the lowest human denominator in the process.