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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 he 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 heart-felt 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 her 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."
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