A man named Tom Nicholson posted on his Facebook account the sports car that he had just bought and how a man approached and told him that the money used to buy this car could've fed thousands of less fortunate people.
His response to this man made him famous on the internet. READ his story as stated on Facebook below:
A guy looked at my Corvette the other day and said, "I wonder how many people could have been fed for the money that sports car cost?
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 and it fed the people in the copper mine who mined the copper for the wires. It fed people 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.
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.
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.
Noble sentiment.
ReplyDeleteedutcher, it's how life is supposed to be.
DeleteGreat post!
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Frank, Thank You!
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ReplyDeleteAnon, me bowing for stealing the good stuff.
Deleteit is tough getting those that have their hand out to understand this logic. Why? Because they have their hand out and they should be entitled. They never thank those that work, they only complain how the system is rigged against them. And the democraps want those people here...
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GB, the deems created so many of them .... thanks LBJ.
DeletePerfect, Odie. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYou all be safe and God bless.
LindaG, perfect? Thanks!
DeleteGreat post Odie.
ReplyDeleteTerrytheterrible, thanks! I steal only the best.
DeleteNote, the man was willing to practice charity with someone else's money and phrased it as moral imperative; but Tom Nicholson answered him properly. His money fed a multitude of people by purchasing the car. All those people received money because they worked for it, instead of sticking their hand out and asserting, "You owe me."
ReplyDeleteSteve Sky, we agree.
DeleteWell said. And without even mentioning the fact of Amercan Exceptionalism embodied in a design that is in my opinion far more appealing than many Italian cars.
ReplyDeleteMikey, and in person, up close, they are gorgeous.
DeleteWhen I saw the header my immediate thought was of George Jones. Great song. But what a gorgeous auto. Wouldn't mind a ride or two in it.
ReplyDeleteAnon, they're even mid-engine now.
DeleteHe left out the mechanics that are going to have to repair that piece of junk & it will need repairing.
ReplyDeleteBirdchaser, such sour grapes.
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