Obamanomics... Wealth Redistribution A First Grader Can Understand!
What does Obama mean when he says big government must tax and redistribute "your" wealth! Ask your child...
Tell your child they must study, work hard in school, get good grades, and excel -- skipping play and television until they have completed all their homework, and done it well.
Then tell your child that, even though they did a great job and fully deserve A's on their homework, the teacher must give them C's instead because there are other "deserving" students who played and watched television, who did not study, and who must be given part of other children's grades so they too can pass.
Tell your child they must share and "redistribute their wealth" -- their hard work, studying, and good grades -- to other children who did not study or do their homework, because that's the caring and "fair" thing to do.
It won't take long for your child to figure out that they aren't being rewarded for their hard work. It won't take them long to figure out that they too can loaf, play, and watch television, get by with mediocre performance, and depend on other students to do the work for them, and share their grades!
That's Obamanomics... even a first grader can understand!
Tell your child they must work and earn their allowance. Tell them there will be no playing or watching television until they have completed their chores and done them well... and if they don't do their chores, they will not get an allowance.
Then, when it's time to give your child their allowance for their hard work, tell them they can not have the full amount. Tell them that you must take part of what they earned and give it to the child next door who played, watched television, and did not do their chores. Tell them that's the caring, human, and "fair" thing to do.
Ask if your child understands why that is the "fair" and right thing to do with the money they worked so hard and diligently to earn.
It won't take long for your child to figure out that there's no need for them to work and do their chores. They too can sit and watch television and wait for their "share" of other children's wealth -- their hard work and allowances -- to be "redistributed down to them".
That's Obamanomics... even a first grader can understand!
(Pass it on.)