I recently read this and thought it worth posting. Seeing what is happening in our country just amazes me.

A chemistry professor in a large college that had some
exchange students in the class.  One day while the
class was in the lab the Prof noticed one young man
(exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and
stretching as if his back hurt.  The professor asked
the young man what was the matter.  The student told
him he had a bullet lodged in his back.  He had been
shot while fighting communists in his native country
who were trying to overthrow his country's government
and install a new communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor
and asked a strange question. He asked, 'Do you know
how to catch wild pigs?'  The professor thought it was
a joke and asked for the punch line.  The young man
said this was no joke.
'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in
the woods and putting corn on the ground.  The pigs
find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free
corn.  When they are used to coming every day, you put
a fence down one side of the place where they are used
to coming.  When they get used to the fence, they
begin to eat the corn again and you put up another
side of the fence.  They get used to that and start to
eat again. You continue until you have all four sides
of the fence up with a gate in the last side.
The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come
through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and
catch the whole herd.  Suddenly the wild pigs have
lost their freedom. They run around and around inside
the fence, but they are caught.  Soon they go back to
eating the free corn.  They are so used to it that
they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for
themselves, so they accept their captivity.
The young man then told the professor that is exactly
what he sees happening to America.  The government
keeps pushing us toward socialism and keeps spreading
the free corn out in the form of programs such as
supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income,
tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to
plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc. While we continually lose our freedoms - just a little
at a time.
One should always remember: There is no such thing as
a free lunch.  A politician will never provide a
service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.
In this 'very important' election year, listen closely
to what the candidates are promising you.
Remember this quote: "A government big enough to give
you everything you want, is big enough to take away
everything you have."