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Socialism versus Capitalism

RCDave

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A man named Tom Nicholson posted on his Facebook account the sports car that he
had just bought and how a man approached
and told him that the money used to buy
this car could've fed thousands of less fortunate people.
His response to this man
made him famous on the internet.
READ his story as stated on Facebook below:



A guy looked at my Corvette the other day and said,
"I wonder how many people could have been fed for the money that sports car cost?



I replied I'm not sure;
it fed a lot of families in Bowling Green, Kentucky who built it,
it fed the people who make the tires,
it fed the people who made the components that went into it,
it fed the people in the copper mine who mined the copper for the wires,
it fed people in at Caterpillar who make the trucks that haul the copper ore.
It fed the trucking people who hauled it from the plant to the dealer
and fed the people working at the dealership and their families.



BUT,... I have to admit, I guess I really don’t know how many people it fed.
That is the difference between capitalism and the welfare mentality.



When you buy something, you put money in people’s pockets and give them
dignity for their skills. When you give someone something for nothing, you
rob them of their dignity and self-worth.
Capitalism is freely giving your money
in exchange for something of value.
Socialism is having the government take your money against your will and
give it to someone else for doing nothin
 

Old Texan

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It's been said many time, socialism has failed every place it's been tried. They then justify trying it again by saying it just hasn't been tried in the right form......

What those who stick with the theory it has been tried correctly fail to understand is exactly what Tom Nicholson told the numbskull. Capitalism is what works and it lasts because of the self sustaining hard work and sense of worth from those who take pride in their their work and reap it's benefits.

Socialism is just a situation where all incentive is removed from working hard when the alternative is the government takes takes everyone's profits away and gives them to others, most of whom do nothing but sit and wait for the free money.
 
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