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Quote on Wall of Small-Town BBQ Joint
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While dining out at Pruett's Bar-B-Q in Gadsden on Wednesday night, Alabama State Sen. Phil Williams discovered a plaque that left an indelible impression on him.
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom," the plaque read. "What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving."
This statement brings to mind Newton's third law of motion, which states, "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
Likewise, every time that someone who does not work benefits from the work of others, those who do work suffer.
"The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not take from somebody else," the plaque continued.
"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 the end of any nation."
This quote, which was reportedly taken from deceased world-renowned pastor Adrian Rogers, referred to socialism, a backward political ideology that purportedly uplifts the poor by robbing from the rich.
The rich become wealthy by working hard. If the government robs from the rich and gives to those who do not work hard, it incentives sloth. And like Rogers once astutely said, doing that leads to "the end of any nation."
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom," the plaque read. "What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving."
This statement brings to mind Newton's third law of motion, which states, "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
Likewise, every time that someone who does not work benefits from the work of others, those who do work suffer.
"The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not take from somebody else," the plaque continued.
"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 the end of any nation."
This quote, which was reportedly taken from deceased world-renowned pastor Adrian Rogers, referred to socialism, a backward political ideology that purportedly uplifts the poor by robbing from the rich.
The rich become wealthy by working hard. If the government robs from the rich and gives to those who do not work hard, it incentives sloth. And like Rogers once astutely said, doing that leads to "the end of any nation."
Comments
The problem is that those that receive the money receive it as a REWARD for being poor, thus increasing the motivation to appear outwardly to be poor.
Same as most other "safety net" programs. Payments made to unwed mothers reward girls to get pregnant out of wedlock, thus increasing the motivation for that behavior. OR, denying eligibility for assistance because someone has a savings account- thus penalizing the saver for having been frugal, thus decreasing motivation for someone to save.
And there is anyone that isn't sharp enough to see the results of the various motivations involved? Oh, yes there is that Al Dullton guy.[8]