Die volgende is baie treffend aangaande welvaartsverdeling:
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Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931
If ever I believe in anything about social economics this explains it:
- You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom.
- What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
- The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
- When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation.
- You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.
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Uit “Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help” van Robert D. Lupton:
- Give once and you elicit APPRECIATION
- Give twice and you create ANTICIPATION
- Give three times and you create EXPECTATION
- Give four times and it becomes ENTITLEMENT
- Give five times and you establish DEPENDENCY
Lupton stel die volgende voor:
- Never do for the poor what they can do for themselves
- Limit one-way giving to emergencies
- Empower the poor through employment, lending, and investing, using grants sparingly to reinforce achievements
- Subordinate self-interest to the needs of those being served
- Listen closely to those you seek to help
- Above all, do no harm.
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A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be very liberal, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.
She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch conservative, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.
One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs.
The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.
Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn’t even have time for a boyfriend, and didn’t really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.
Her father listened and then asked, “How is your friend Audrey doing?”
She replied, “Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She’s always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn’t even show up for classes because she’s too hung over.”
Her wise father asked his daughter, “Why don’t you go to the Dean’s office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.”
The daughter, visibly shocked by her father’s suggestion, angrily fired back, “That’s a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I’ve worked really hard for my grades! I’ve invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!”
The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, “Welcome to the conservative side of the fence.”
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If anyone has a better explanation of the difference between conservative and liberal or progressive or neocon, I’m all ears.
If you ever wondered what side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!
GENERALLY:
If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one.
If a liberal doesn’t like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.
If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn’t eat meat.
If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.
If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.
If a liberal is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.
If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut down.
If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to church.
A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless it’s a foreign religion, of course!)
If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.
If a conservative reads this, he’ll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.
A liberal will delete it because he’s “offended.”
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‘n Professor in ekonomie by ’n plaaslike kollege het ’n stelling gemaak dat hy nog nooit ’n enkele student gedruip het nie, maar dat hy onlangs ’n hele klas gedruip het. Daardie klas het daarop aangedring dat sosialisme sal werk en dat niemand meer arm sou wees nie en dat niemand meer ryk sou wees nie – sosialisme sou ’n groot gelykmaker wees.
Die professor het toe gesê: “Goed, ons sal ’n eksperiment in hierdie klas uitvoer om sosialisme te toets.” Alle studente sal die klasgemiddel kry; dus sal almal dieselfde punt ontvang sodat niemand sal druip nie en niemand sal ’n A ontvang nie (vervang grade met dollars – iets wat nader aan die huis en meer geredelik verstaan word deur almal).
Na afloop van die eerste toets, is die klasgemiddeld geneem en almal het ’n B gekry. Die studente wat hard gestudeer het was ontsteld en die studente wat min gestudeer het was gelukkig. Met die tweede toets, het die studente wat min gestudeer het nog minder gestudeer en die studente wat hard gestudeer het, het besluit dat hulle ook ’n gratis rit wou hê en het min gestudeer.
Die tweede toets se klasgemiddeld was ’n D! Niemand was gelukkig nie.
Met die 3de toets, was die klasgemiddelde ’n F.
Soos die toetse voortgegaan het, het die punte al slegter geword en studente het mekaar begin blameer en slegsê, want niemand wou studeer vir die voordeel van die res nie.
Tot hulle groot verbasing het almal gedruip en die professor het vir hulle gesê dat sosialisme uiteindelik ook sou faal, want as die beloning groot is, is die poging om te slaag groot, maar wanneer die regering al die beloning wegneem, sal niemand probeer of die wil hê om suksesvol te wees nie. Dit is so eenvoudig soos dit.