An economics professor at Texas Tech said he had never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire class. That class had insisted that 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 socialism.
All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A. 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. But, 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.
The scores never increased as bickering, blame, name calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. All failed, to their great surprise, 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.
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." - Margaret Thatcher- True facts from Texas Tech.
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Nota premergatoare: In sistemul nord-American notele se dau de la A la D si exista si un F - de la 'failed', a pica. Cand un student primeste A sau B inseamna ca totul e OK (un fel de 8, 9, 10 in sistemul romanesc). Cand studentul primeste C sau D - inseamna ca nu e prea bine (5-6-7). Orice parinte isi doreste un 'straight A student'; bineinteles putini 'primesc' asa ceva :)
Si acum povestea [adevarata!]
Un profesor de economie la Texas Tech spunea ca n-a picat niciodata un singur student, dar o data a picat o intreaga clasa. Clasa respectiva a insistat ca socialismul functioneaza si ca nimeni nu va fi bogat sau sarac, un egalizator excelent. Profesorul a spus ok, hai sa facem un experiment in aceasta clasa despre socialism.
Toate notele vor fi calculate intr-o medie si toata lumea va primi aceeasi nota, astfel incat nimeni nu va putea pica, dar nimeni nu va primi nota maxima. Dupa primul test media a fost calculata si toata lumea a primit un B. Studentii care studiasera din greu s-au suparat, iar studentii care nu studiasera mai deloc au fost fericiti. Dar, cand se apropia al doilea teste, studentii care nu studiasera prea mult au studiat si mai putin, iar cei care studiasera din greu au decis ca vor si ei o 'calatorie pe gratis', asa ca au studiat si ei la fel de putin... Media celui de-al doilea test a fost D! Acum nimeni nu mai era multumit. Cand au ajuns si la al treilea test - toata lumea a primit un F.
Notele n-au crescut niciodata (de la D inapoi la B) deoarece studentii au inceput sa se injure, sa arunce cu vina una intr-altii... si s-au incrancenat fiecare contra celorlalti; nimeni nu a mai dorit sa studieze pentru beneficiul tuturor. Toti au picat examenul, spre mare lor surprindere, si profesorul le-a explicat ca si socialismul va esua, intr-un final deoarece acolo unde castigul este mare, si eforturile ca sa ai succes sunt mari; dar cand guvernul ia tot castigul nimeni nu va mai incerca sau dori sa aiba succes.
Nu se poate mai simplu de atat!
"Problema cu socialismul este ca la un moment dat o sa ti se termine banii altora" - Margaret Thatcher
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