DEMOCRAT vs. REPUBLICAN
A young woman was about to finish her last year of college.
Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a
very liberal Democrat and she was for the distribution of all
wealth. She felt deeply ashamed that her father was a rather
staunch Republican, and she told him openly.
One day, she was challenging her father on his beliefs and his
opposition to higher taxes on the rich and more welfare
programs. In the middle of her heart-felt diatribe based upon
the lectures she had from her professors at school, he stopped
her and asked her point blank, "How are you doing in school?"
She answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 grade point
average. She let her father know that it was tough to
maintain and she had to study all the time, never had
time to go out and party like other people she knew. She
didn't even have time for a boyfriend because of the amount of
time she spent studying. She said she was taking a more difficult
curriculum than others in school.
Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend,
Mary?"
She replied, "Mary is barely getting by." She continued, "All
she has is barely a 2.0 GPA," adding, "and all she takes are
easy classes and she never studies." But to explain further,
she continued emotionally, "But Mary is so popular on campus,
college for her is a blast. She goes to all the parties all
the time and very often doesn't even show up for classes
because she is too hung over."
Her father then asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the
Dean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your 4.0 GPA and
give it to your friend Mary who only has a 2.0 GPA?" He
continued, "That way, you will both have a 3.0 GPA and
certainly that would be a fair equal distribution of the grade
points."
The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion,
angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I worked really
hard for mine. I did without and Mary has done little or
nothing. She played while I worked really hard!"
The father slowly smiled and said, "Welcome to the Republican
Party."
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