> An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never
> failed a single student before, 
> 
> but had once failed an entire class.
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> 
> That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would
> be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.
> 
> The professor then said, "OK, 
> 
> we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan". 
> 
> All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no
> one would fail and no one would receive an A. 
> 
> After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. 
> 
> The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little
> were happy.  
> 
> As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had
> studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free
> ride too so they studied little.  
> 
> The second test average was a D! 
> 
> No one was happy. 
> 
> When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. 
> 
> The scores never increased as bickering, 
> 
> blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study
> for the benefit of anyone else.  
> 
> All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that
> socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the
> effort to succeed is great but when government takes all the reward away, no
> one will try or want to succeed. 
> 
> Could not be any simpler than that.