Blogger Caleb Brown posted this insightful e-mail on his blog. The e-mail recounts an experiment involving a waitress at Bob Evans with an Obama button (against regulations, by the way) and a homeless guy with a sign that said, "Vote for Obama; I need the money." The author of the e-mail decided to experiment.
He told the waitress that he thought the homeless man needed her tip more than she did, so even though she had earned it, he would give it to the homeless guy.
Of course, she stormed off. He followed through. The homeless guy was somewhat mystified, but grateful.
You see, when sharing the wealth becomes more than "just words, just speeches," it hurts somebody. That man took money the waitress had earned and gave it to somebody who had not been earning it. What right did the homeless man have to the waitress's money that gave the customer the right to steal it from her?
The problem with Obama's philosophy of redistribution is that it does not work in real life. It strips giving of its moral good and saddles society with hopelessness.
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