Father/Daughter Chat

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 an occasional chat with various professors, 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 professo rs 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?' 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
the next day because she's too hung over.'

Her wise father ask ed 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 a crazy
idea. That would not 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.'

'If anyone has a better explanation of the
difference between a Republican and Democrat, I'm
all ears.