There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some Exchange
students in the class.  One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed
one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back And stretching as if
his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter.   The student told him he
had a bullet lodged in his back.  He had been shot while fighting communists in
his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and
install a new communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question.
He asked , '' Do you know how to catch wild pigs?''
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man
said this was no joke. "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 slam 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 they are caught.   Soon t hey 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".
The young man then told the professor  that is exactly what he sees happening to
America.  The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/Socialism and 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 not
to 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 Lunch!'  Also, 'You
can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it
yourself.
Also, 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!