A $50 lesson

[DaveinBoston]

I recently asked my friends' little girl what she wants 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 with pride.
‘'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.

[marissaaz]

very nice

[scroller]

Have you made this offer to the homeless guy? Or is the whole story a fabrication?

[ILuvGurls]

Have you made this offer to the homeless guy? Or is the whole story a fabrication?

what does it matter, that's the way people think today

[rockabilly]

He'd just buy booze anyway.

[scroller]

He'd just buy booze anyway.

So I said, "Welcome to the Left... you see how GOP'ers are all ruling-class hypocrites".

[fred41]

So I said, "Welcome to the Left... you see how GOP'ers are all ruling-class hypocrites".

Yeah..right.

[giovanni_hotel]

If true..bizarre story. As it stands, it sounds fictional or you borrowed it from somewhere.

Be honest, you'd hire some guy blitzed in the gutter to come over to YOUR HOUSE to sweep the yard, pull weeds and mow the lawn and then pay him $50???

I guess receiving tax-free government aid (tax cuts for the wealthy, corporations who pay an effective tax rate of 0%) is only 'fair' when you're already rich in the first place.

Get outta here with that BS story, brah.

[DaveinBoston]

WOW... its was a JOKE. Its funny how a few people chose to bash the homeless guy while I think the meaning of the joke was to bash the liberals.

Everyone needs to lighten up!

If true..bizarre story. As it stands, it sounds fictional or you borrowed it from somewhere.

Be honest, you'd hire some guy blitzed in the gutter to come over to YOUR HOUSE to sweep the yard, pull weeds and mow the lawn and then pay him $50???

I guess receiving tax-free government aid (tax cuts for the wealthy, corporations who pay an effective tax rate of 0%) is only 'fair' when you're already rich in the first place.

Get outta here with that BS story, brah.

[Remy757Photog]

that was good for a quick seven chuckles!