The Modern Little Red Hen

“The way it is…

 

Once upon a time, on a farm in Texas, there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until
she uncovered quite a few grains of wheat. She called all of her neighbors together 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 do it by myself," said the little red hen and so she did.  The wheat grew very 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 do it by myself," said the little red hen, and so she did.   At last it came time to bake the bread.

"Who will help me bake the 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 do it by myself," said the little red hen.

She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see.  They wanted some and, in fact,
demanded a share.   But the little red hen said, "No, I shall eat all five loaves."

"Excess profits!" cried the cow.  
"Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck.  
"I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose.  
The pig just grunted in disdain.  

And they all painted "Unfair!" picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting
obscenities.

Then a government agent came.   He said to the little red hen, "You must not be so greedy."

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

"Exactly," said the agent. "That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful.  Anyone in the
barnyard can earn as much as he wants.  But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle." (Socialism/Communism)

And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am grateful, for now I truly understand."

But her neighbors wondered why she never again baked any more bread.  

[Derived from and is similar to a Ronald Reagan radio commentary which originally aired November 16, 1976 and later put in a book titled “Reagan: In His Own Hand”]

“Under this system, Individual initiative dies.   A productive society withers away.”-Jack; Slevkoff 2008

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Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs.  Hillary got $8 million for hers.  That's $20 million for the memories from two people, who for eight years, repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn't
remember anything.

THIS IS A GREAT BARNYARD OF A COUNTRY FOR SOME


All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke












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