One of my classmates forwarded the following email to me the other day. Check it out:“Yesterday on my way to lunch, I passed one of the homeless guys in that area, with a sign that read 'Vote Obama, I need the money.'
Once in the restaurant my waiter had on an 'Obama 08' tee shirt.
When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waiter and explained to him while he had given me exceptional service, that his tee shirt made me feel he obviously believes in Senator Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth. I told him I was going to redistribute his tip to someone that I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside. He stood there in disbelief and angrily stormed away.
I went outside, gave the homeless guy $3 and told him to thank the waiter inside, as I had decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy looked at me in disbelief but seemed grateful.
As I got in my truck, I realized this rather unscientific redistribution experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn.
Well, I guess this
redistribution of wealth is going to take a while to catch on with those doing the work.”
What do you guys think? Is this a fair characterization of Obama’s policies? If not, how do you spin Obama’s now infamous conversation with Joe the Plumber? Can you think of a country which has successfully experimented with socialism in the past? What would make this time different? Is this the "change" America needs? Do you think more free handouts for one class, paid for by the hard work of those in another, are really going to “help” those in the former? Comments? How about those tongue-in-cheek pictures?
