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Allegory # 1 Allegory for a Monday afternoon I know not the source of this. I received it from my dad's friend via email... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once upon a time, on a farm in Arkansas, there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered quite a few grains of wheat.
She called all of her neighbors together and said, "If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?�
"Not I", said the cow, duck, pig and goose.
"Then I will do it by myself", said the little red hen. And so she did. The wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain.
"Who will help me reap my wheat?� asked the little red hen.
"Not I", said the cow, duck, pig and goose.
"Then I will do it by myself", said the little red hen, and so she did.
At last it came time to bake the bread. �Who will help me bake the bread?" asked the little red hen.
"That would be overtime for me," said the cow. "I would loose my welfare benefits", said the duck. "I am a dropout and never learned how", said the pig. "If I am to be the only helper, that's discrimination", said the goose.
"Then I will do it by myself", said the little red hen. She baked five loaves of bread and held them up for the neighbors to see.
They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, "No, I shall eat all five loaves myself".
"Excess profits!� cried the cow. "Capitalist leech!� screamed the duck. "I demand equal rights!� yelled the goose. The pig just grunted in disdain. And they all painted "Unfair" picket signs and marched around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.
Then a government agent came, he said to the little red hen, "You must not be so greedy".
"But I earned the bread", said the little red hen.
"Exactly", said the agent. "That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants, but under the modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle".
And so they lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am grateful, for now I truly understand".
But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her.... She never again baked bread because she joined the "party" and got her bread free.
And all the Democrats smiled. "Fairness" had been established. Individual initiative had died but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared, as long as there was free bread.
Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs. Hillary Clinton got $8 million for hers.
That's $20 million for memories from two people who for eight years repeatedly testified, under oath, that they could not remember anything. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I could never live in a socialist society. As a young idealist, I believed in working together for a common goal and sharing the wealth. As an oldster who has worked her ass off for most of her life I am in favor of keeping the results of my hard labor to myself. The rest of you can get off your lazy, fucking asses and get your own.
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