"Oh, I have what a lot of people would call communistic thoughts", said Eliot artlessly, "but for heaven's sakes, Father, nobody can work with the poor and not fall over Karl Marx from time to time--or just fall over the Bible as far as that goes. I think it's terrible the way people don't share things in this country. I think it's a heartless government that will let one baby be born owning a big piece of country, the way I was born, and let another baby be born without owning anything. The least a government could do, it seems to me, is to divide things up fairly among the babies. Life is hard enough, without people having to worry themselves sick about money, too. There's plenty for everybody in this country, if we'll only share more".
"And just what do you think that would do to incentive?"
"You mean fright about not getting enough to eat, about not being able to pay the doctor, about not being able to give your family nice clothes, a safe, cheerful, comfortable place to live, a decent education, and a few good times?"
-From God Bless You Mr Rosewater
This book is about a man who decides to love people unconditionally (unless of course they call him on the fire dept line). It is about the people who believe he is insane for this love. It is a very interesting treatise on American society and what the alternatives are.
-C.S.
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