Tongue-In-Cheek … Foot-In-Mouth

Look, Lord knows I am no brain surgeon.  But I do have common Glenn Beck sense.  So, here is how I view socialism.  And I do this by way of an example:

A nightclub with waiters and waitresses

Okays, so, we have 10 waiters and 10 waitresses.  At the end of each shift, all tips will be put in a jar and divided evenly amongst the waiters and waitresses, which is also know as “Spreading The Wealth Around.”  This way everyone would receive the exact same amount of a tip.
 
After the first night, the tips were averaged and everyone got a $100.  The waiters and waitresses who worked hard, busing tables, filling water glasses, and checking on their patron were upset at the other waiters and waitresses who kicked back and did not work as hard.

As the second came and went, the waiters and waitresses who did not work hard on the first night, worked even less realizing that they would still get an even split of the tips.  And the waiters and waitresses who worked hard on the first night decided they wanted a free ride, so they worked less.  The second night’s tips fell to $50.  No one was happy.
 
At the end of the third night, the tips dropped to $10.
 
As the nights continued, the tips continued to fall, but the bickering, blame, name-calling, hard feelings, anger, finger-pointing, rose, and eventually no one would work for the benefit of others.
 
The bottom line: when the reward is potentially substantial, the motivation to succeed is great, but when a government takes all the reward away, leveling the playing field, removing the insensitive to succeed, no one will try or want to succeed, and civilization as we know it will crumble.

But then again, this is probably just me, dumb old Billy, being silly, right-wing, and un-presidential.