Journal winkydink's Journal: On picking a political party 4
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
had grown to be in strong favor for the distribution of all wealth in
America. She felt deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch
conservative which she expressed openly.
One day she was challenging her father on his beliefs and his opposition
to higher taxes on the rich & more welfare programs. In the middle of
her heartfelt diatribe based upon the lectures she had from her far
left professors at her school, he stopped her and asked her point blank,
how she was doing in school.
She answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know
that it was tough to maintain. That 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 and didn't really have many college friends
because of spending all her time studying. That she was taking a more
difficult curriculum.
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 very
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 a 1.0 off your 4.0 GPA and give it to your
friend who only had a 2.0." He continued, "That way you will both have
a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair equal distribution of GPA."
The daughter visibly shocked by the fathers 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 real hard!"
The father slowly smiled and said, "Welcome to the Republican Party."
see, but that's not how it works... (Score:2)
office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your 4.0 GPA and give it to your
friend who only had a 2.0." He continued, "That way you will both have
a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair equal distribution of GPA."
The daughter visibly shocked by the fathers 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 real hard!"
The father slo
Re:see, but that's not how it works... (Score:2)
So getting - but not earning - a 2.05 GPA rather than 2.00 should give her enough handouts of other peoples' money t
Re:see, but that's not how it works... (Score:2)
That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that rich person losing a percentage point or two of their income can help many, many needy, deserving people without any noticable hurt to them.
Why shouldn't we give, say, single mothers who've been abandoned
Re:see, but that's not how it works... (Score:2)
Apart from objecting to that principle (me taking $10 from your pocket won't hurt you much: is that OK?), it never stops at just "a percentage point or two".
Why shouldn't we give, say, single mothers who've been abandoned by their partners, a leg up so that they can become productive members of society?
A leg up, perhaps,