For the Common Good

“Many of you are well enough off that … the tax cuts may have helped you. We’re saying that for America to get back on track, we’re probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.“

That's Hillary Clinton speaking to a group who had paid big bucks to hear her speak. I guess there's no accounting for common sense. I'm not sure who that refers to, the people who paid the bucks to hear her, or Hillary herself. Apparently, she thinks everyone is as stupid as a box of rocks.

I've never been hired by a poor person. I've worked for middle class people and I've worked for millionaires. The one thing they had in common was that they worked hard for what they had. When the business was profitable, they hired more people, or they bought raw materials to produce more goods. The business became more profitable. Sure, they made money, but they created jobs that weren't there in the first place. They created jobs, paid taxes, and spent money. But it still isn't enough. In reality, nothing you have will ever be enough for socialists. They want everything you've got, but how much of their own do they want to give up?

So, Hillary says that because the wealthy have worked hard, the jobs they've created isn't enough. She wants to take "things" away for the "common good." Common good usually means "the less fortunate" who haven't "won life's lottery." Hogwash! Most people are poor because they've made bad decisions. They quit school, started having children they couldn't afford at an early age, worked minimum wage jobs and they lived beyond their means. This is all socialistic claptrap. Let's take from the rich and give to the poor. Keep telling the poor that they're poor because someone else is rich and getting tax cuts. If it's up to Hillary and her crowd, America will become a nation of takers, willing to be kept by the government - Big Brother. Don't worry, Big Brother will take care of you. It worked in the Soviet Union and the Soviet Bloc, didn't it? Oh, I forgot, it didn't!

We're not wealthy by any means. We sometimes live payday to payday like most other Americans. But, you know what? I don't blame anyone but us. I made some bad financial decisions in my past and so did my husband. We're working our way out of them, and we've learned from our mistakes. Not everything was our fault, but I'm not blaming anyone for medical bills or our mistakes.

A few days ago, I posted Reagan's Little Red Hen story. I got it from Right Wing News. It's a study in socialism and should be told and retold. I gave the link before. This time, I want you to read the story here.

Once upon a time there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered some grains of wheat. She called her neighbors and said 'If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?'

"Not I, " said the cow.

"Not I," said the duck.

"Not I," said the pig.

"Not I," said the goose.

"Then I will," said the little red hen. And she did. The wheat grew tall and ripened into golden grain. "Who will help me reap my wheat?" asked the little red hen.

"Not I," said the duck.

"Out of my classification," said the pig.

"I'd lose my seniority," said the cow.

"I'd lose my unemployment compensation," said the goose.

"Then I will," said the little red hen, and she did.

At last the time came to bake the bread. "Who will help me bake bread?" asked the little red hen.

"That would be overtime for me," said the cow.

"I'd lose my welfare benefits," said the duck.

"I'm a dropout and never learned how," said the pig.

"If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination," said the goose.

"Then I will," said the little red hen.

She baked five loaves and held them up for the neighbors to see.

They all wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, "No, I can eat the five loaves myself."

"Excess profits," cried the cow.

"Capitalist leech," screamed the duck.

"I demand equal rights," yelled the goose.

And the pig just grunted.

And they painted "unfair" picket signs and marched round and around the little red hen shouting obscenities.

When the government agent came, he said to the little red hen, "You must not be greedy."

"But I earned the bread," said the little red hen.

"Exactly," said the agent. "That's the wonderful free enterprise system. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations productive workers must divide their products with the idle."

And they lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am grateful, I am grateful." But her neighbors wondered why she never again baked any more bread.