An interesting idea..

During my first semester here at the Academy I took an American History class taught by a liberal officer, a Lieutenant. We didn't see eye to eye on a lot of things, but nevertheless he is a very smart man with some very valid points. One day he gave us an idea that has stuck with me for a while, and which I've been thinking a lot about here recently. He told us that with all economical issues that our country is facing right now, that he had started to think about the socialistic movement that we seem to be involved in. At the time there were all sorts of crazy rumors floating around, and President Obama had only recently been elected. The following is his idea, paraphrased (since I don't remember the exact working over a year later).

"The funny thing about wealthy people is that usually there is some substance in their personality and mindset. For example, I [LT McSorley] believe that even if America were to somehow collect the entirety of money from the citizens, total it, and redistribute it to each citizen - giving an equal amount of money and capital to each man woman and child - that in only a few years it would be back to what it was. The same wealthy people would be wealthy again, and those that were poor beforehand would be poor again. It's an interesting idea, but one I truly believe. I think that those who are destitute and don't have much money normally would get their share and waste most of it. I don't think they'd put it to good use, whereas those who are more wealthy would take better care of it because they are more conscientious with their spending. Obviously, a few years is too short of a time for the moguls to amass the empires that they had before the redistribution, but they would definitely be leaders in the total wealth realm of things. "

Again, this is just an idea that was presented by one of my history teachers. But I found it interesting. As those who know me would tell you, I'm not all that consumed by a burning desire to make the big bucks - heck I joined the military! I prefer to pursue a life of personal and spiritual reward, as opposed to monetary reward. However, in terms of the socialistic movement going on in our country, I think this idea deserves some thought. Socialism just doesn't work, history shows that, and this is one of the many theories that also supports that.

Don't worry, I think I'm done with political posts for a while.

-Storm