Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Catching wild pigs

Most of you will have recieved this via email from me, sorry for the repeat.

Do you know how to catch wild pigs?

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 are used 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 then close 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 there is no way out. 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.
Now that you realize that this is not a joke email, look at what is being proposed by presidential candidates. If we are not careful, we will be "fenced in" toward socialism as the government keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments to farmers to not plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, 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 government program. And a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself. If you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America, you might want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life then you will probably delete this email, but God help you when the gate slams shut! In this 'very important' election year, listen closely to what the candidates are promising you. If you do, you just may be able to tell who is planning to slam the gate on America. '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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