From a friend:> A guy looked at my Corvette the other day and said,
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> "I wonder how many people could have been fed for the money that sports car cost?
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> I replied I'm not sure;
> it fed a lot of families in Bowling Green, Kentucky who built it,
> it fed the people who make the tires,
> it fed the people who made the components that went into it,
> it fed the people in the copper mine who mined the copper for the wires,
> it fed people in at Caterpillar who make the trucks that haul the copper ore.
> It fed the trucking people who hauled it from the plant to the dealer
> and fed the people working at the dealership and their families.
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> BUT,... I have to admit, I guess I really don’t know how many people it fed.
> That is the difference between capitalism and the welfare mentality.
> When you buy something, you put money in people’s pockets and give them dignity for their skills.
> When you give someone something for nothing, you rob them of their dignity and self-worth.
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> Capitalism is freely giving your money in exchange for something of value.
> Socialism is having the government take your money against your will and give it to someone else for doing nothing.