Posted by
KsReaganite on Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:56:04 PM
This anecdote is courtesy of my boss' boss, a wonderful lady and an inspiring leader.
I recently asked my friend's little girl what she wanted to be
when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day.
Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked
her, 'If you were President what would be the first thing you would
do?'
She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.'
Her parents beamed.
'Wow! What a worthy goal.' I told her, 'But you don't have to
wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow the
lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll
take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and
you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house.'
She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked
me straight in the eye and asked, 'Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the
work, and you can just pay him the $50?'
I said, 'Welcome to the Republican Party.'
Her parents still aren't speaking to me.