The Corvette

[E7]

The Corvette. 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,
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.

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.

[J. S. Bach]

I agree, that guy was 100% right.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

....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.

And it would be too fantastic to imagine such a system giving people who have demonstrated a complete disinterest in doing work at a job or learning in school, "tips" , as it were, for every additional child they have, increasing their check received each month, paid for by funds taxed from the people who do go to work regularly and have children responsibly.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Well, let's do away with all this then; eliminate all charities, too. Not a penny for anyone in need. Yup, let's just shut them all out and turn them away. Or, better yet, let's bring back the work/poor houses and indentured servitude. Let's go back to the good old days! Oh, and keep the children available to polish the Corvettes.

[rex desilets]

Well, let's do away with all this then; eliminate all charities, too. Not a penny for anyone in need. Yup, let's just shut them all out and turn them away. Or, better yet, let's bring back the work/poor houses and indentured servitude. Let's go back to the good old days! Oh, and keep the children available to polish the Corvettes.

This from a man whom, as I recall, lusts for a Porsche.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Well, let's do away with all this then; eliminate all charities, too. Not a penny for anyone in need. Yup, let's just shut them all out and turn them away. Or, better yet, let's bring back the work/poor houses and indentured servitude. Let's go back to the good old days! Oh, and keep the children available to polish the Corvettes.

This from a man whom, as I recall, lusts for a Porsche.

And drives a Subaru, and also understands the application of irony and satire.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Well, let's do away with all this then; eliminate all charities, too. Not a penny for anyone in need. Yup, let's just shut them all out and turn them away. Or, better yet, let's bring back the work/poor houses and indentured servitude. Let's go back to the good old days! ....

I saw a man being interviewed who said he had fathered 14 children. When asked how he managed to support all of them, he said he didn't, that the government took care of that.

Later in that same interview, another man said he had fathered 400 children, all by different women. He was very proud of that and, also, exclaimed that he had no job whatsoever to help support them. The "government" took care of that for him, he exclaimed with considerable satisfaction. It seemed he felt "entitled."

I wonder if there is a middle-ground, one where reason and not so casually taking from others might rule, as opposed to
the will-of-the-crotch.

[E7]

Well, let's do away with all this then; eliminate all charities, too. Not a penny for anyone in need. Yup, let's just shut them all out and turn them away. Or, better yet, let's bring back the work/poor houses and indentured servitude. Let's go back to the good old days! Oh, and keep the children available to polish the Corvettes.

Whassamatta....get a bad cup of coffee? NOWHERE is any of that advocated. Maybe you want to support all the deadbeats and con artists who work the system, but I DON'T....or are you bummed because you don't have a Vette?

Yes, sadly there are those who can only exist supported by charity, and my heart goes out to them, and I do donate, but I didn't spend 42 years working to support a bunch of BUMS!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Well, let's do away with all this then; eliminate all charities, too. Not a penny for anyone in need. Yup, let's just shut them all out and turn them away. Or, better yet, let's bring back the work/poor houses and indentured servitude. Let's go back to the good old days! ....

I saw a man being interviewed who said he had fathered 14 children. When asked how he managed to support all of them, he said he didn't, that the government took care of that.

Later in that same interview, another man said he had fathered 400 children, all by different women. He was very proud of that and, also, exclaimed that he had no job whatsoever to help support them. The "government" took care of that for him, he exclaimed with considerable satisfaction. It seemed he felt "entitled."

Well, in most states, if not all, the courts will take him for child support and that will get done for next to no cost for the mother. Getting employment anywhere, doing much of anything will follow him around forever, and go across state lines just about anywhere in this country.

[healey36]

Ever see a young guy driving a Corvette? No, it's an old man's car. Worse yet, I don't know any young guys that aspire to own a Corvette.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Ever see a young guy driving a Corvette?

Young people carry too much debt to afford impractical cars.

[robert.]

Young guys buy Subaru's WRX. They leave that old guy in his corvette. Scratching his head. Saying "what was that noise and where did it go?"

[E7]

Well, in most states, if not all, the courts will take him for child support and that will get done for next to no cost for the mother. Getting employment anywhere, doing much of anything will follow him around forever, and go across state lines just about anywhere in this country.

A couple of problems there Ruffy. A lot of these dirtbag dads don't have traditional jobs or home addresses. Might be gang members, or pushers, or some other kind of indigents or transients. Maybe the mother doesn't even know Pop's name, and then there is the time lag until Mom finds out she's preggers.

The price of dang near any car these days is enough to keep some poor folks in chow for a good bit, but then that really wasn't the point of the story. We could substitute a big buck Cadillac in there if you like, but then I guess it's mostly old guys that drive them!

[Mitch]

I saw a man being interviewed who said he had fathered 14 children. When asked how he managed to support all of them, he said he didn't, that the government took care of that.

Later in that same interview, another man said he had fathered 400 children, all by different women. He was very proud of that and, also, exclaimed that he had no job whatsoever to help support them. The "government" took care of that for him, he exclaimed with considerable satisfaction. It seemed he felt "entitled."

Men like that need to have a forced government vasectomy and all the women need to have their brains removed for screwin' them at the worst time of the month!