This lesson sure makes a lot of sense to me!
Recently, while I was working in the flower beds in the front yard, my
neighbors stopped to chat as they returned home from walking their
dog. During our friendly conversation, I asked their little girl what
she wanted to be when she grew up.
She said she wanted to be President someday.
Both of her parents, Democratic Party members, were standing there so
I asked her, "If you were President what would be the first thing you
She replied, "I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people."
Her parents beamed with pride! "Wow...what a worthy goal!" I
said..."But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that!"
"What do you mean?" she replied. So I told her, "You can come over to
my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and trim my hedge, and I'll pay
you $50. Then you can go over to the grocery store where the homeless
guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a
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 aren't speaking to me anymore.
If you know any Republicans that would get a chuckle out of this,
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