A man who just purchased a new Model S had just washed it and was polishing it when a man approached and told him that the money used to buy this car could've fed thousands of less fortunate people.
The guy looked at my Tesla and said,
"I wonder how many people could have been fed for the money that car cost?"
I replied, "I'm not sure........
It fed a lot of families in Freemont, California, where it was built,
It fed the people who make the tires,
It fed the people who made the components that went into it,
It fed the people in the copper mine who mined the copper for the wires,
It fed the people in the lithium mines who mined the lithium for the batteries,
It fed people at Caterpillar who make the trucks that haul the copper ore and lithium."
"It fed the trucking people who hauled it from the plant to the dealer
and fed the people working at the dealership and their families.
BUT,... I have to admit, I guess I really don’t know how many people it fed."
That is the difference between capitalism and the welfare mentality.
When you buy something, you put money in people’s pockets and give them dignity for their skills.
When you give someone something for nothing, you rob them of their dignity and self-worth.
Capitalism is freely giving your money in exchange for something of value.
Socialism is having the government take your money against your will and giving it to someone else for doing nothing.
The guy looked at my Tesla and said,
"I wonder how many people could have been fed for the money that car cost?"
I replied, "I'm not sure........
It fed a lot of families in Freemont, California, where it was built,
It fed the people who make the tires,
It fed the people who made the components that went into it,
It fed the people in the copper mine who mined the copper for the wires,
It fed the people in the lithium mines who mined the lithium for the batteries,
It fed people at Caterpillar who make the trucks that haul the copper ore and lithium."
"It fed the trucking people who hauled it from the plant to the dealer
and fed the people working at the dealership and their families.
BUT,... I have to admit, I guess I really don’t know how many people it fed."
That is the difference between capitalism and the welfare mentality.
When you buy something, you put money in people’s pockets and give them dignity for their skills.
When you give someone something for nothing, you rob them of their dignity and self-worth.
Capitalism is freely giving your money in exchange for something of value.
Socialism is having the government take your money against your will and giving it to someone else for doing nothing.