Little Red Hen
> Once upon a time, on a farm in Arkansas, there was a
> little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until
> she uncovered quite a few grains of wheat.
>
> She called all of her neighbors together and said,
> "If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who
> will help me plant it?"
>
> "Not I," said the cow.
> "Not I," said the duck.
> "Not I," said the pig.
> "Not I," said the goose.
>
> "Then I will do it by myself," said the little red
> hen. And so she did; The wheat grew very tall and
> ripened into golden grain.
>
> "Who will help me reap my wheat?" asked the little
> red hen.
>
> "Not I," said the duck.
> "Out of my classification," said the pig.
> "I'd lose my seniority," said the cow.
> "I'd lose my unemployment compensation," said the goose.
>
> "Then I will do it by myself," said the little red
> hen, and so she did.
>
> At last it came time to bake the bread. "Who will
> help me bake the bread?" asked the little red hen.
>
> "That would be overtime for me," said the cow.
> "I'd lose my welfare benefits," said the duck.
> "I'm a dropout and never learned how," said the pig.
> "If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination,"
> said the goose.
>
> "Then I will do it by myself," said the little red
> hen. She baked five loaves and held them up for all
> of her neighbors to see.
>
> They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But
> the little red hen said, "No, I shall eat all five
> loaves."
>
> "Excess profits!" cried the cow.
> "Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck.
> "I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose.
> The pig just grunted in disdain.
>
> And they all painted "Unfair!" picket signs and
> marched around and around the little red hen,
> shouting obscenities.
>
> Then a government agent came, he said to the little
> red hen, "You must not be so greedy."
>
> "But I earned the bread," said the little red hen.
>
> "Exactly," said the agent. "That is what makes our
> free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the
> barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our
> modern government regulations, the productive workers
> must divide the fruits of their labor with those who
> are lazy and idle."
>
> And they all lived happily ever after, including the
> little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am
> grateful, for now I truly understand."
>
> But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her.
> She never again baked bread because she joined the
> "party" and got her bread free.
>
> And all the Democrats smiled. 'Fairness' had been
> established. Individual initiative had died but
> nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared, as long as
> there was free bread.
This is a cut and paste from an email I received, thought is was pretty good.
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