My wife sent this to me and just had to post it. Keep in mind my wife is way more liberal than I am (she liked living in California for God's sake) but she is coming around.
A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so
many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal
Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth.
She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch
Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that
she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she
felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to
keep what he thought should be his.
One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher
taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare programs.
The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be
the truth and she indicated so to her father.
He responded by asking how she was doing in school.
Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and
let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was
taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which
left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She
didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many
college friends because she spent all her time studying.
Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?"
She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy
classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so
popular on campus, college for her is a blast. She's always invited to
all the parties, and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes
because she's too hung over."
Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's
office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your
friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and
certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."
The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily
fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I have worked really hard for my
grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has
done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my
tail off!"
The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the
Republican Party"
2 comments:
cute story, but doesnt make a good analogy...
the story somehow equates to wealth= hard work, poverty = laziness
while there certainly can be truth in the line, it doesnt mean that its an absolute. Those who are poor dont necessarily want to be, and lacking the resources(or the color) to improve their lives means that will despair.
Someone with all of the advantages to capitalize on opportunities gets a momentum to make more money.
All of this is you already know. And whats aggravating is the assertion that the republicans are on the good side...
come on, you can do better
I think it makes a great simple analagy. And don't blame the color of your skin for not making it. I am tired of hearing that argument and it's crap. I have seen plenty of successful non-white people. It is actually easier for a non-white to get into colleges and get scholarships than a white person. The military helped pay for my first year of college but after that I payed for it myself. No one loaned or gave me money for school. I did it myself. I worked full time and took classes around my work schedule. Now can you tell me why another white or non-white can't do that? I feel that when applying to colleges I was at a disadvantage even thow I was top 10% of my high school class. Basically I could go to any Texas school but was denied by anything out of the state because 1. I wasn't higher in my class 2. I was white. So don't blame the color of your skin. I don't cry because I didn't get grants or scholarships. I paid for it MYSELF.
The republicans ARE the good side when compared with the dems. Everything I have and where I am today is because I worked hard. Now why should I give up that for someone else who didn't. You want everything to be fair. Then why is it that the more money I make the more my health insurance cost for the same service that someone else is only paying half for. You want to make if fair accross the board then everyone should pay the same flat tax. That way everyone is contributing equally. Well?
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