Posted on 03/08/2005 1:51:42 PM PST by cainin04
The Modern Day Little Red Hen Some friends of mine recently debated me on the subject of capitalism. They, in typical liberal fashion, spouted out claims like "capitalism is great for us college boys, but ask the have-nots if capitalism is best." The left hates this great system, but they must realize that only in capitalism can a black kid from a farm grow up to own a pizza company (www.hermancain.com).
So what economic system does the left prefer? Well, it is called "socialism." And what is "socialism?" socialism: The stage in Marxist-Leninist theory intermediate between capitalism and communism, in which collective ownership of the economy under the dictatorship of the proletariat has not yet been successfully achieved.
So to put it simply, socialism is only a predecessor to communism. Now, I am sure you have heard claims from liberals that "communism works in theory" or other stupid remarks like that.
I could sit hear and write 1000 words and never describe the reasons why capitalism is great and the liberal's ideas on economics are terrible, but the great Ronald Reagan beat me to it. Here is a story he wrote for one of his radio addresses, in the 1970s. Enjoy...
The Modern Day Little Red Hen
Once upon a time, there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered some grains of wheat. She called to her barnyard neighbors and said, "If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?"
"Not I," mood the cow.
"Not I," quacked the duck.
"Not I," grunted the pig.
"Not I," whistled the goose.
"Then I will," said the little red hen. And she did.
Her wheat grew tall and ripened into golden grain. So the little red hen asked her neighbors,"who will help me harvest my wheat?"
"Not I," grunted the pig.
"Out of my classification," whistled the goose.
"My seniority will be lost," quacked the duck.
"Unemployment compensation would be jeopardized," mood the cow.
"Then I will," said the little red hen, and she harvested her wheat.
And 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," mood the cow.
"I'd lose my welfare benefits," whistled the goose.
"Dropping out I never learned how," quacked the duck.
"If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination," grunted the pig.
"Then I will,"said the little red hen, and she did. She baked five bread loaves and held them up for her neighbors to see.
Her neighbors saw their beauty, and smelled their freshness and they all wanted some. In fact, they demanded their rightful share. But the little red hen said, "No, I and my chicks can eat the five loaves ourselves."
"Excess profits!," squealed the pig.
"Profiteering leech!," honked the goose.
"Equal rights!," demanded the cow.
And the duck quacked in too!
And the animals painted "unfair" picket signs and marched round and round the little red hen, shouting their slogans, and their obcenities.
When the government agent came, he said to the little red hen, "You must not be greedy."
"But I earned the bread," said the little red hen.
"Exactly," said the agent. "That is the wonderful free enterprise system. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants, but under our liberal government regulations, the productive workers must contribute their product to the idle."
Well, the barnyard calmed down, and the animals lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am grateful, I am grateful."
But her neighbors wondered why she never again baked any more bread.
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I'm quite sure that Reagan wrote it. I know he used it on one of his radio addresses, and I thought he said he wrote it. Perhaps I am wrong?!
I'm not saying that it's wrong... I usualy see it unattributed. The fact that it's from Reagan was just a new interesting nugget for me to know.
I hope it is from him. I have always thought he wrote it. I know he wrote his radio addresses, but I guess he could have been reading a story on this day.
Take this angle with your friends. Socialism and Communism are nothing more than a formula for the acquisition of power by a ruling elite, which uses the power of government to restrict free access to capital, in order to preserve their own economic advantage. Venezuela is a perfect example. Who profits from oil sales - the socialists who run the state.
you are absolutely correct. Thanks for your post.
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