Posted on 01/21/2015 6:23:59 PM PST by MosesKnows
I think it would depend on how you acquired the bird in the hand. Did you apply yourself and work hard to get the bird in the hand or did the government give it to you after first taking it from your fellow citizens?
Ross Perot said it as well as anyone could say it. There is no shortage of good sounding ideas in D.C. The problem is finding a leader who can implement the idea.
I have an idea to solve poverty. Everyone earning less than $50,000 a year will receive $50,000 a year from the public treasury. Problem solved.
The idea requires electing someone who would fund the idea. Are there Americans who would elect such a Congressman? Unfortunately, the answer is yes, there are people who would exchange their vote for the perception of favors from the Public Treasury.
For some people the government threat of losing their bird in the hand trumps the potential benefits of the birds in the bush.
“You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. 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 about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.” Pastor Adrian Rogers
I actually had a bird in my hand. A little guy that I guess fell and was stunned.
Eventually a few minutes later, it got itself back together and took off. It was rewarding.
A low res camera phone edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpsElCsr-wM
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