Recently, while I was working in the flower beds in the front yard, my
\nneighbors stopped to chat as they returned home from walking their dog.<\/p>\n
During our friendly conversation, I asked their little girl what she
\nwanted to be when she grows up.<\/p>\n
She said she wanted to be President some day.<\/p>\n
Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked
\nher, “If you were President what would be the first thing you would
\ndo?”<\/p>\n
She replied… “I’d give food and houses to all the homeless people.”<\/p>\n
Her parents beamed with pride!<\/p>\n
“Wow…what a worthy goal!” I said. “But you don’t have to wait until
\nyou’re President to do that!” I told her.<\/p>\n
“What do you mean?” she replied.<\/p>\n
So I told her, “You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull
\nweeds, and trim my hedge, and I’ll pay you $50. Then you can go over to
\nthe grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give
\nhim the $50 to use toward food and a new house.”<\/p>\n
She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in
\nthe eye and asked, “Why doesn’t the homeless guy come over and do the
\nwork, and you can just pay him the $50?”<\/p>\n
I said, “Welcome to the Republican Party.”<\/p>\n
Her parents aren’t speaking to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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