I prefer my orange juice in the same manner as my government… not concentrated.

I find the taste and variance of freshly squeezed juice - instead of the uniform pasteurized stuff they sell at the supermarket - to be more palatable.

I do like the concentrated soap that I put in my washing machine. I seem to be able to tolerate that.  I only have to put in a half-a-cap verses a full cap to achieve the same results. I understand correctly that this does not occur in real life.  You never get half of anything willing to do the work for the rest.  This is especially true in the halls of Congress.

Some things in life however aren’t as clearly defined. I am finding that more and more of my life is confronted with these new conundrums.

You may remember the story of the “Little Red Hen” about the industrious little hen that asked her barnyard animals friends who would help plant the seeds, cut the wheat, and help her make bread.

All the other animals said no… so the Little Red Hen did all the work herself. When the Little Red Hen asked who would help to eat the bread the other animals eagerly volunteered at which time the hen told them “no” and ate the bread herself.

I find it ironic that this time honored story of hard work and personal initiative finds its unlikely origins from an old Russian folk tale. I am also dismayed that this classic tale is now considered politically incorrect.

I hear the new version has been changed into a parable about class warfare where the Little Red hen is portrayed as greedy and unfair for not sharing bread and forces her to redistribute the bread with those who did not work for it. This in turn removes the hen’s initiative to work and results in eventual poverty and starvation for the whole barnyard.

Let me make one point reasonably clear for members of Congress who don't grasp the realities of human nature or the laws of taxation as it has been misapplied. You can only do a “wealth tax” one time on the rich. Any supposed gains you make by taxing the rich disappears as the rich quickly realizes what is going on.

Rich people do tend to be smart. They understand human nature better than most. If they work harder but make less… they will work less. Each of you should sit your Congressman down and explain this phenomenon while they are watching Sesame Street during breakfast.

We are a charitable lot.  We do help the other animals in the barnyard who were just sitting around while the hen did all the work.

We shouldn’t blame the hen for wanting to be better off. Besides… we already have a fat pig in the barnyard irritated that he was blamed for the swine flu.

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