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 and she expressed her
shame openly. One day she was challenging her father
on his beliefs, including 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
school, he stopped her and asked her point blank,
"How are you doing in school?" She answered rather
haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know
that it was tough to maintain. She was taking a
more difficult curriculum than many people she
knew. She had to study all the time, she never
had time to go out and party like other people
she knew. She didn't have time for a boyfriend
and didn't really have any college friends because
she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, "How is your
friend Mary?" She replied, "Mary is barely getting
by, she has a 2.0 GPA; even so, all she takes are
easy classes and she never studies." She explained
further in a burst of emotion, "But Mary is so very
popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She
goes to all the parties all the time and often
doesn't show up for classes because she is too hung over."

He then asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to
the Dean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 GPA
off your 4.0 and give it to your friend who only
has a 2.0?" He continued, "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 the fathers suggestion,
angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I worked
really hard for mine, and Mary has done little or
nothing! She has played while I worked real hard!"

The father slowly smiled and said, "Welcome to
the Republican Party.