D.Duck wrote:
On 8/6/2009 8:17 AM, Lu Powell wrote:
You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy
out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for, another
person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to
anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody
else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work
because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other
half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is
going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning
of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."*

* Adrian Rogers, 1931-2005




Who said anything about *multiplying* wealth, just divide it.
Have you studied any history, with money like land the more it is
divided the poorer the people become. This is made worse as the
government siphons money to non productive uses.

You can see the accuracy of this statement in any study of history. In
the past, when the land became to small to be able to support the needs
of the family, people moved somewhere else to get the amount of land
required. This basic idea brought people out of Africa to Europe and
Asia, from Europe and Asia to America, and made America what it is to day.

Wealth (Money) like land is limited to what the people can manufacture
or produce. The representation of this wealth can be increased but the
value remains the same. (Inflation) If you distribute the wealth
without increasing the amount, you get the same situation as when you
divide the land without increasing the amount, everyone reaches the
poverty level.