<p>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 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 professor?s, 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 back, 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 Audrey 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.”</p>
<p>Yes, as Republican President Bush would say, wealth and grades must follow from one’s efforts. We all know how hard he worked to get to Yale and then Harvard MBA. He also learned the value of hard work, especially when it comes to business success and good government.</p>
<p>the only reason you would say it was eww and or hate this is you oppose the idea and once you read it you know that its right and for you to agree with it goes against all the things you believe.</p>
<p>Well that is the purpose for the idea to be brought down to to a level that you can understand. such as my roommate he was going to vote for Hillary or Obama just because it was the cool thing to do, and his friends were also. Now he comes from a very rich family and has no clue what the idea of a dollar is. By this I mean he gets a 5000 a month allowance from his parents and spends it all. Once he read this, he was like what!!! and I had an hour discussion with him on politics and guess what he is a republican now. He felt like he was brainwashed by other kids with pure stupidity,</p>
<p>It’s an absurd analogy. There are plenty of people who work hard, indeed who work very, very hard and they don’t have that much money. Some may have lost a job when times turned rough, either in general or in their industry. Others fell ill and had high health care costs, perhaps with no insurance. Some are recent arrivals to the US who are cleaning people’s houses and doing service or agricultural jobs. Others grew up in poor, rural areas or in poor, urban areas, where the schools were not very good and there was no one encouraging them in their school work nor the quality or support received by most students associated with this site. </p>
<p>And they work hard, really, really, hard – often so physically hard that it undermines their health.</p>
<p>These folks are not slackers. But you think that they should pay the same tax rate as the wealthy or not receive services that they won’t get unless subsidized or provided by the government…or have I gotten this wrong? </p>
<p>Are your friend’s efforts associated with the advantages that came his way by virtue of birth? I can understand that he doesn’t want to give up what he has, but does he realize the immense head start he got in life? Even if he does indeed work hard now, he started way ahead of someone whose parents work 2 jobs each and are struggling.</p>
<p>Personally I think that having one’s ideas taken seriously enough to be rationally confronted is an excellent welcome to CC. If the OP goes to a reputable university, then this should be the sort of argumentation he is used to.</p>
<p>Well, what I meant was, if someone seriously believes that that crap story has any meaning, then there is no point in arguing with him/her. Sorry asifkhan ;)</p>
<p>My family in total makes around 25K a year, I go to a Public university and my entire family is as republican as they come. Im not even white and I’m still republican.</p>
<p>Anyways, whatever the discussion is going right here, I don’t want to read it, since several times did I see the story in CC and I’ve read abt it enough, so, I’m not just in a mood to support/deny anyone right now :D</p>