Pay close attention to the last statement attributed to Thomas
Jefferson.
> Also, be wary of current candidates that are offering to fulfill all
your
> needs.
> There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some
exchange
> students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the
Prof noticed
> one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back and
stretching as
> if his back hurt.
>
> The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student
told him
> he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting
> communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his
country's government
> and install a new communist government.
>
> In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a
strange
> question. He asked, ' Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'
>
> The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The
young
> man said this was no joke. 'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable
place
> in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and
begin to
> come everyday to eat the free corn. When they areused to coming every
day, you
> put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming.
When they
> get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put
up
> another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat
again. You
> continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in
the last
> side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through
the gate
> to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
> Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and
around
> inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating
the free
> corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten
> how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their
captivity.
> The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees
happening
> to America. The government keeps pushing us toward
Communism/Socialism and
> keeps spreading t he free corn out in the form of programs such as
> supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco
subsidies, dairy subsidies,
> payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, free
medical,
> etc. while we continually lose our freedoms - just a little at a
time.
> One should always remember 'There is no such thing as a free lunch!'
> Also, a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than
you can
> do it yourself.
> 'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big
enough to
> take away everything you have.' ....... Thomas Jefferson
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