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Originally Posted by Halon

Found this online, thought it was a funny little story...


A 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?’ Again caught off guard 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’s so popular on campus that 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 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 crazy, anyway 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.’

There are MANY more hard working middle class people that work twice as hard for A LOT less money. But the way the taxes are set up, the middle class is getting taxed almost half their paychecks. I make $60k a year, and my gross is $2307 they take out $697.04 leaving me with $1610 per check. I could use that $700 and make that go along way to making me enter that upper class rank. But the way the system is set up raising my taxes etc it keeps me at a middle to lower class rank. $60,000 should go a lot farther then it does. And i know a lot of people make a lot less then I do, I cant fathom how they do it.
The above story assumes that all peoples situations start out the same. and therefore should all be treated equally, That is not the case in the real world. People come from different backgrounds, different wealth, and different morals.
The story, while entertaining, is a typical view of republicans, Trying to wrap everyone up in a neat little package while disregarding all of the variables and not thinking things through and trying to benefit the country as a whole.