The Father / Daughter Talk

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The Father/Daughter Talk
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, among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs. In other words, 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 need for more government 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 father asked his daughter, 'Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct 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's a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I've 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.'

[BlowingBubbles]

That's a good way to put it. I'm sure her friend Audrey would be all for it and if any of her other friends got wind, they would be eager to get the same deal.

[Bert]

Very good explination

[Bigg_Budd]

Genious. You are my hero.

[ScubaJ]

hahaha
Nice....

[unclepooty]

Good one

[GIFFMANN]

That one always brings a smile to my face!

[rox@ucf11]

GREAT!!!! example

[thor]

Funny. Although, the great thing about college is that everyone starts out with the same GPA, and unlike income, nobody is at an advantage or disadvantage based on their family, or spouses GPA.

[Lulubelle]

OK, that was funny...but...in talking about "redistribution of wealth" as you call it, we are not talking about a GPA for goodness sake, we are talking about giving people the ability to feed their children, put a roof over their families head, getting proper healthcare for their families, etc. I grew up in Republican household myself. 12 years of being face to face with people in need have shown me that most people in unfortunate circumstances do NOT do it to themselves. Life happens. They have a sick family member, lose their house and business as a result, etc. Or maybe they didn't have the chance for a good education and are slogging it away in a low paying career. We aren't talking about people who are on Medicaid and having lots of babies. We are talking about people who are working, who get no assistance of any kind, who don't have health care, and who make more than the 980 dollars a month gross that an individual has to make less than to qualify for medicaid but not enough to afford health insurance, or a decent home, or good food for the kids etc. I'm not sure when people on this earth decided that they had no obligation to anyone other than themselves, but we all live together, and in my book, if I am fortunate I have a moral duty to try to improve the lot of others who are less so.

For the record, I didn't become a committed Moderate Democrat until later in life, and I am one of the financially fortunate who will be in the bucket of being taxed more under our Democratic Congress.