Five fundamental facts that the Socialists/Liberals/Democrats/Communists have ignored that will doom their efforts.
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. 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 the beginning of the end of any nation.
5. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.
The best example of "work ethic" versus "entitlement" in government was post WWII Germany. West Germany was built on a strong work ethic, while East Germany was built on socialist entitlement. West Germany prospered as no other in rebuilding the nation while East Germany no only struggled to survive but also struggled to keep its past identity as a German people. Since the reunification the entitle East Germans have drained the resources of the West, brought racial differences to the forefront against guest workers with whom they compete for low level jobs, and almost toppled the health care system. West Germans for the most part seem to be dropping down to the level of the East Germans rather than raising the East Germans up to their level of work ethic. Couple that with the fact that Germans are paying for the "entitlement" policies of countries like Greece and Portugal and there appears to be no good outcome for the Germans. They are beginning to figure out that their hard work is only fueling the entitlement programs of others.
