It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.
My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police.
When you take into public ownership a profitable industry the profits soon disappear. The goose that laid the golden eggs goes broody. State geese are not great layers.
Rooster, maybe well crows, but the eggs still bears the chicken.
Socialism lays an bad egg by killing the capitalism that lays the golden eggs
Socialism is in no way a curate's egg
In order to unscramble some eggs the leader gotta have some balls
As the former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky one remarked -- referring to the Russian proverb to the effect that you cannot make an omlette without breaking eggs -- he had seen plenty of broken eggs, but had never tasted any omlette.