Email from a Republican childhood friend...

[Ike Bana]

...who moved down to Nashville some years ago. Where he belongs.

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 some day. 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 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 said. "But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that!" I told her. "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 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 aren't speaking to me anymore.

I thanked him politely, told him it was cute, and reminded him that upwards of 25% of the single adult homeless population is chronically mentally ill (schizophrenia or bipolar-I, the really devastating stuff). As opposed to maybe less than 4% (1%-schiz, 2.5%-bipolar) in the general population. I got PFFFFfffftttt....as a reply.

They'll never respond well to facts and reason.

[finnbow]

This same tale is circulating throughout the right wing echo chamber.

http://www.libertynewsforum.com/cgi-...m=1393895566/5

[merrylander]

During the depression men would stop at the house and ask if there was any work they could do. Those of us lucky enough to have a roof over our heads and food expected this. Even if there was nothing needing doing Mom would make them a good sandwich.

Today if a homeless out of work person was to show up an anyone's doorstep I am quite sure the homeowner would call 911, the song was right,, the times they are a'changin.

Of course it never occured to that asshole to make that offer to the homeless man.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

...who moved down to Nashville some years ago. Where he belongs.



I thanked him politely, told him it was cute, and reminded him that upwards of 25% of the single adult homeless population is chronically mentally ill (schizophrenia or bipolar-I, the really devastating stuff). As opposed to maybe less than 4% (1%-schiz, 2.5%-bipolar) in the general population. I got PFFFFfffftttt....as a reply.

They'll never respond well to facts and reason.

That's old. It's been going around for a while now.

A former friend of mine sent me that drivel and I responded;

"No, a Republican would tell the homeless guy he'll offer him the potential to make $50 if he did all of that and did an exceptional job of it. Then when the guys work is finished the cheap bastard would nitpick the work he did to death, tell him he isn't worth $50, hand him $1 and remind him that Mexicans are cheaper and smell better."

Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Of course it never occured to that asshole to make that offer to the homeless man.

Nope. He wanted the girl to pay the homeless dude well, but would claim that "High wages foster dependency." if the guy knocked on his door. "How about you just do the work and I'll decide what it's worth when you're done?"

Dave

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

That's old. It's been going around for a while now.

A former friend of mine sent me that drivel and I responded;

"No, a Republican would tell the homeless guy he'll offer him the potential to make $50 if he did all of that and did an exceptional job of it. Then when the guys work is finished the cheap bastard would nitpick the work he did to death, tell him he isn't worth $50, hand him $1 and remind him that Mexicans are cheaper and smell better."

Dave

Believable, that.
I get this junk from an old Army bud I actually like in Cali' of all places.

[Zeke]

Yeah.

The Republican homeowner failed to mention that the homeless guy used to own the property but his wages were reduced due to outsourcing. The "new" homeowner purchased the property using profits gained by selling the first guy out.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

Believable, that.
I get this junk from an old Army bud I actually like in Cali' of all places.

Oh, we've got 'em out here, Pio. We've got 'em. Just look at some of our Congressmen like Issa and Rohrbacher. What sort of people do you suppose vote for people like them?

John

PS: my spell checker thinks Rohrbacher should be Gorbachev.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Oh, we've got 'em out here, Pio. We've got 'em. Just look at some of our Congressmen like Issa and Rohrbacher. What sort of people do you suppose vote for people like them?

John

PS: my spell checker thinks Rohrbacher should be Gorbachev.

Retired military receiving government health care and revenue transfers from the US Treasury. Zozialism is ok for the MIC beneficaries.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by icenine

Retired military receiving government health care and revenue transfers from the US Treasury. Zozialism is ok for the MIC beneficaries.

You've noticed that too?

I'm not saying the military retirees don't deserve their bennies, just that I find it interesting that so many of them think no one else does.

This country is full of people who feel entitled to their nice benefits, but attack others who do the same. "I deserve it and more, but you deserve nothing."

Elitism at its worst.

Dave