[MarkL]

I've seen this posted here many times in the past, but it does show one of the great problems of socialism. The lack of incentive. Why bother to work hard if you're not going to profit from your labor? Why bother to improve your lot in life if you're being held down? Why take risks when those risks will not lead to opportunity for improvement?

One of the ugly little secrets of the left is that of immense hubris. Even though socialism has eventually failed everywhere it's been tried (and Marx clearly stated that socialism was designed from the beginning to be a transitional state into communism), the "True Believers" can't or refuse to grasp the fact that the entire concept of socialism is flawed from the outset. Instead, it's always that "socialism just wasn't implemented right," and the flaws were caused by the "wrong people" trying to make it work. And of course, the current crop of socialists are finally the ones who will "get it right."

Mark

[P.O.E.]

And of course, the current crop of socialists are finally the ones who will "get it right."

Maybe the third $100 trillion will be the charm.