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[becca1223]

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 her 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 a 1.0 off your 4.0 GPA and give it to
your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0
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."

[srmorton]

What a great analogy, becca1223! College students can be swayed
by liberal professors who make it sound so altruistic to take from
the rich and give to the poor because these students are not really
living in the "real world". When the father put it in terms that she
could actually relate to, she did not want to share her hard-earned
GPA with some one who had the ability to do as well, but chose to play.
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Susan R. Morton

[Curtis H.]

Good one!