Catching Wild Pigs
A chemistry professor in a large college 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 punchline. 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."
