CONVERTING A SOCIALIST ( Archived) (8)

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college.

Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be very liberal, and among other left wing ideals, was very much in favour of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch conservative, a feeling she openly expressed.

Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a left wing professor (aren’t they all), she felt that her father had for years harboured an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs.

The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her left wing professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 60% average, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn’t even have time for a boyfriend, and didn’t really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?"
She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies and she barely has a 40% average. College for her is a blast.
She’s always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn’t even show up for classes because she’s too hung over."

Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don’t you go to the Dean’s office and ask him to deduct 10% off your average and give it to your friend who only has 40%. That way you will both have 50% and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution."

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father’s suggestion, angrily fired back, "That’s a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I’ve worked really hard for my grades! I’ve invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work!
Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the conservative side of the fence."

love it do you know that students are supposed to be clever when in fact they are quit stupid they complain that they are in debt when the answer to there trouble's is right in front of them













take the empty bottles back and get the money of them simple

No Pat is is utter rubbish and nothing to do with socialism

SOCIALISM

a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole

Dear Madam,
first 19 years of my life I lived in so-called " socialism" ... I can judge what socialism is and what is not...sorry to say your definition is just ... definition.
Pat´s short story is impact of socialism on people´s thinking!

Bravo Patmac!

and as you say it was "so called socialism"

and I fail to see any point in Pat's story that shows any impact on any thinking caused by socialism

if you had some impact on your thinking caused by your upbringing in "so-called socialism" I am sorry for you.