I had not seen this before, abut it is pretty good.

The $50 Lesson

I recently asked my friends’ little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President of the United States. 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 driveway, 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 Independent Party.”

Her parents still aren’t speaking to me. Made my day!

Originally Posted by Number 6

I had not seen this before, abut it is pretty good.

Spoken like a Free man! Notice that lack of response to this post? When you speak with honesty and simplicity of message there is NO response from the Liberal side.

Perhaps the homeless guy ran into unforeseen catastrophic problems. Maybe he started out as a hard working, family man. Then he lost his job, couldn't find another, and was without health insurance. Perhaps, then a child become terminally ill. Perhaps he had to sell everything he owned just to go to court to try to get a bone marrow transplant for his child. Perhaps he became further and further behind with his bills and lost his home, which put his family on the street. Perhaps the child died and the wife left him. Perhaps he has lost all faith and hope and his knees are blooded from praying and he's now sick himself. Perhaps the freezing cold of despair has set in.

Perhaps he needs to see the humanity in man again. Perhaps he's too depressed and weak to even go try for that job. Perhaps he needs a helping hand from his fellow man.

Now -- if that little girl will reach out and help this man and not just overeat, overindulge and over-stuff her own pockets with greed .... if she has truly learned from her parents that it's "not all about her"... if she has an awareness of the greater good and has a caring and open heart, she's -- Welcome to the Democratic Party!

"No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help another."

Originally Posted by gnu

Spoken like a Free man! Notice that lack of response to this post? When you speak with honesty and simplicity of message there is NO response from the Liberal side.

Hey a friend told me:

"If God had intended us to care for the sick and poor
He would have said so."

Perhaps the homeless guy is just lazy and doesn't want to work and lives off government handouts paid for on the backs of the middle class.

Welcome to the Democratic party.

Still no response from the Libs.

Originally Posted by dklassen

Perhaps the homeless guy is just lazy and doesn't want to work and lives off government handouts paid for on the backs of the middle class.

Welcome to the Democratic party.

That could be true DK. As I said before, I'm a realist. There will be a percentage of those people. But, don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Not in this economy. And I do think there's an easy way to tell the two apart.

Cashman... either you have me on your "ignore" list (which is A-OK with me) or you can't find your reading glasses! Hang in here.

Here's the fundamental questions.

How much of what I earn belongs to another and why?

Where does the government get it's authority to confiscate my money and transfer it to another individual whom I don't even know?

Chelsea - good post. But what happens when that homeless person accept the money and just keeps on accepting it? By no means am I saying that's all that happens. I *firmly* believe in the hand-up as opposed to the hand-out. But if you were to keep giving the $50 over and over again to the same person, "compassion fatigue" sets in.

The libs will tell you that everyone is entitled yet it is the Conservatives who are the ones who contribute to the causes that know how to help those who really need it.

Why is it the Libs want to take other peoples money to give as handouts?

Does it have to do with buying votes?

Originally Posted by chelsea24

That could be true DK. As I said before, I'm a realist. There will be a percentage of those people. But, don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Not in this economy. And I do think there's an easy way to tell the two apart.

Cashman... either you have me on your "ignore" list (which is A-OK with me) or you can't find your reading glasses! Hang in here.

The point was made that the person on the street should have gone to the house and earned the money, rather that have it handed to him (or her). That implied that an offer of work was made to the person for employment.

If the persons options are to work for the $50 or sit in the street and receive the handout, I'm afraid that most people in today's "give me" society, nurtured from decades of the "entitlement" mentality would say "why should I work when some fool will hand it to me". It's no secret that if one has a choice of working a 40 hr week for no more than unemployment compensation will pay, people will opt for unemployment every time. The same is true with welfare or SSI payments.

Originally Posted by gnu

The point was made that the person on the street should have gone to the house and earned the money, rather that have it handed to him (or her). That implied that an offer of work was made to the person for employment.

If the persons options are to work for the $50 or sit in the street and receive the handout, I'm afraid that most people in today's "give me" society, nurtured from decades of the "entitlement" mentality would say "why should I work when some fool will hand it to me". It's no secret that if one has a choice of working a 40 hr week for no more than unemployment compensation will pay, people will opt for unemployment every time. The same is true with welfare or SSI payments.

Oh I do GET the point of the story. But, it is a story half told. What are the circumstances that lead this man to become homeless???

Also, I respectfully disagree with this last statement. My heart breaks when I see the countless homeless families with children. There should not be one, not even ONE homeless person in a country as great as ours. I believe the majority of homeless do want a better life and a warm bed to sleep in and DO NOT want to sleep under a bridge or in a box, scrounging in garbage for food, with the women being continually raped, even little girls. NO! I'm afraid I just don't have the pessimistic view of the homeless that you do.

Is there of a percentage of people that just want handouts??? Of course! Should they get a hand up or hand out??? NO! But, as I stated previously... I know these people can be weeded out, just like they weed out people with false disability claims. Oh, and some of those people are Republicans too!

There, but for the grace of God, go you. Always remember that.

Originally Posted by chelsea24

Oh I do GET the point of the story. But, it is a story half told. What are the circumstances that lead this man to become homeless???

Also, I respectfully disagree with this last statement. My heart breaks when I see the countless homeless families with children. There should not be one, not even ONE homeless person in a country as great as ours. I believe the majority of homeless do want a better life and a warm bed to sleep in and DO NOT want to sleep under a bridge or in a box, scrounging in garbage for food, with the women being continually raped, even little girls. NO! I'm afraid I just don't have the pessimistic view of the homeless that you do.

Is there of a percentage of people that just want handouts??? Of course! Should they get a hand up or hand out??? NO! But, as I stated previously... I know these people can be weeded out, just like they weed out people with false disability claims. Oh, and some of those people are Republicans too!

There, but for the grace of God, go you. Always remember that.

Please explain your intent with this remark,.,,,

"Oh, and some of those people are Republicans too!"

There is a nice level of discussion with this tread. I would just say not to deconstruct this story. It is what it is. I think it is an metaphor on the difference between collectivism and individualism. There is nothing intrinically wrong with either. I clearly fall on the side of individualism, as I think it is more effective, muchless moral. I, like others, have a real problem with the forced redistribution of wealth.

Originally Posted by cashman

Does it have to do with buying votes?

Famous saying: "When you rob Peter to pay Paul, you can be assured of Paul's vote."