Socialist learning socialism doesn't work very well when you are broke

[old Grump]

Occupy Wall Street in chaos: Money disputes, freeloaders imperil protest

CHICAGO, October 25, 2011 – Organizing a global anti-capitalist revolution is not as easy as one might think – at least that is what Occupy Wall Street leaders are discovering.

From money squabbles and freeloading ex-cons to the complaints of New Yorker residents and the specter of public health code violations, protesters are being given a crash course in Government 101, whether they like it or not.

By offering free food, shelter, and medical care to anyone who signs up, the organization has also made itself a beacon to every homeless person - and every freeloader.

"People are waking up to the plain facts that socialism does not work. There is only so much you can "redistribute" before there is nothing left," said Joe Terrell of Northern Illinois Tea Party. "A popular paraphrase of Prime Minister Thatcher says, 'The only problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of everyone else's money.' I think that quote sums it up perfectly."

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/tea-party-report/2011/oct/25/occupy-wall-street-chaos-money-disputes-freeloader/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_politics-governmentAll those who could pay their own way or would if they could be there are either home looking for work or working their tails off in order to keep their jobs. It was such a great idea how could it have possibly gone wrong. :oh:

[Warthogg]

By offering free food, shelter, and medical care to anyone who signs up, the organization has also made itself a beacon to every homeless person - and every freeloader.


:cigarsmoking::sheeple::cool:::baaa:

[MR. Polytech]

It's all part of the Karmic cycle:crying_small::pissin-chipmunk2: the Demonstrators downfall will be their claim to socialism & then having to honor that w/ the Street people of NYC:bighair: who actually number around 200,000! They will be swamped w/ freeloaders & that will be the end of occupy Wall St....! Hilarious! Somebody should do a documentary on this shit, just for the comedy factor....

[Robertca]

I dunno, if they just focused on gov't corruption, instead of this socialist nonsense, they might actually have a chance of accomplishing something...

[Gunner1558]

Socialism works on Opium, no, OPM.

Other peoples' money.

[El Jefe]

I dunno, if they just focused on gov't corruption, instead of this socialist nonsense, they might actually have a chance of accomplishing something...

But handouts are all they're really interested in. That and throwing feces, rape and theft.

[nfa1934]

But handouts are all they're really interested in. That and throwing feces, rape and theft.

Throwing feces, rape and theft is simply socialism in practice.

The throwing of feces is just a physical version of what you see every day on MSNBC.

Why should someone have a problem with petty theft when they are advocating for theft on a national scale? After all, "property is theft" and "what's yours actually belongs to everyone."

Rape is also just their economic philosophy applied to sexuality. It's just "redistribution" of sex. After all it's not fair for people to choose who to have sex with when some are left out. Remember the sexual norms form Brave New World, "everyone belongs to everyone else." We can't have people "owning" themselves, can we? People belong to the collective, not themselves.

[old Grump]

Now the homeless and homeless shelters are complaining that the protesters are using the shelters for a warm bed and their showers to clean up at crowding the homeless out of the facilities meant for them. The protesters have homes to go to the Homeless don't. What a way to make your point. Mad at the rich so bum off the homeless to show how dedicated you are to the cause.

[tarheelpwr]

I ran across this and thought this is the perfect place to pass it along:


WAKE UP AMERICA ...
when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but
when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

Is this man truly a genius? Checked out and this is true...it DID happen!



An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan".. All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all).

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D! No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.
Could not be any simpler than that. (Please pass this on)

Remember, there IS a test coming up. The 2012 elections.

These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment:

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

5. 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 is the beginning of the end of any nation.

[bum_whisperer]

Socialism works really well until you run out of other people's money.