If we really wanted to represent Democrats and Republicans, the little girl’s mother would say, “Aw, look at all the homeless people. Betty, unless you go scoop poop and give your money away to the poor people, I will ground you in your room for the rest of your life. You want to be a compassionate little girl, don’t you? Now you just run along and scoop that poop. What’s that Betty? Why don’t I give some of my money to the homeless people? Well Betty, I need all my money in order to be able to tell you and your brothers and sisters what to do. If I weren’t here to direct you, we would have goddamn Lord of the Flies on our hands, now wouldn’t we? If you weren’t forced to go scoop that poop, you would be hard-hearted little monster that wouldn’t be compassionate towards anybody, so I’m here to make sure that doesn’t happen. For the good of society of course.”

No one talks about the fact that if you choose not to pay taxes for charity programs that you think are a waste, you WILL spend a lot of time in jail. Both Republicans and Democrats subscribe to charity by coercion, which is despicable thievery.

If we really wanted to represent Democrats and Republicans, the little girl’s mother would say, “Aw, look at all the homeless people. Betty, unless you go scoop poop and give your money away to the poor people, I will ground you in your room for the rest of your life. You want to be a compassionate little girl, don’t you? Now you just run along and scoop that poop. What’s that Betty? Why don’t I give some of my money to the homeless people? Well Betty, I need all my money in order to be able to tell you and your brothers and sisters what to do. If I weren’t here to direct you, we would have goddamn Lord of the Flies on our hands, now wouldn’t we? If you weren’t forced to go scoop that poop, you would be hard-hearted little monster that wouldn’t be compassionate towards anybody, so I’m here to make sure that doesn’t happen. For the good of society of course.”

No one talks about the fact that if you choose not to pay taxes for charity programs that you think are a waste, you WILL spend a lot of time in jail. Both Republicans and Democrats subscribe to charity by coercion, which is despicable thievery.

If we really wanted to represent Democrats and Republicans, the little girl’s mother would say, “Aw, look at all the homeless people. Betty, unless you go scoop poop and give your money away to the poor people, I will ground you in your room for the rest of your life. You want to be a compassionate little girl, don’t you? Now you just run along and scoop that poop. What’s that Betty? Why don’t I give some of my money to the homeless people? Well Betty, I need all my money in order to be able to tell you and your brothers and sisters what to do. If I weren’t here to direct you, we would have goddamn Lord of the Flies on our hands, now wouldn’t we? If you weren’t forced to go scoop that poop, you would be hard-hearted little monster that wouldn’t be compassionate towards anybody, so I’m here to make sure that doesn’t happen. For the good of society of course.”

No one talks about the fact that if you choose not to pay taxes for charity programs that you think are a waste, you WILL spend a lot of time in jail. Both Republicans and Democrats subscribe to charity by coercion, which is despicable thievery.

If we really wanted to represent Democrats and Republicans, the little girl’s mother would say, “Aw, look at all the homeless people. Betty, unless you go scoop poop and give your money away to the poor people, I will ground you in your room for the rest of your life. You want to be a compassionate little girl, don’t you? Now you just run along and scoop that poop. What’s that Betty? Why don’t I give some of my money to the homeless people? Well Betty, I need all my money in order to be able to tell you and your brothers and sisters what to do. If I weren’t here to direct you, we would have goddamn Lord of the Flies on our hands, now wouldn’t we? If you weren’t forced to go scoop that poop, you would be hard-hearted little monster that wouldn’t be compassionate towards anybody, so I’m here to make sure that doesn’t happen. For the good of society of course.”

No one talks about the fact that if you choose not to pay taxes for charity programs that you think are a waste, you WILL spend a lot of time in jail. Both Republicans and Democrats subscribe to charity by coercion, which is despicable thievery.

If we really wanted to represent Democrats and Republicans, the little girl’s mother would say, “Aw, look at all the homeless people. Betty, unless you go scoop poop and give your money away to the poor people, I will ground you in your room for the rest of your life. You want to be a compassionate little girl, don’t you? Now you just run along and scoop that poop. What’s that Betty? Why don’t I give some of my money to the homeless people? Well Betty, I need all my money in order to be able to tell you and your brothers and sisters what to do. If I weren’t here to direct you, we would have goddamn Lord of the Flies on our hands, now wouldn’t we? If you weren’t forced to go scoop that poop, you would be hard-hearted little monster that wouldn’t be compassionate towards anybody, so I’m here to make sure that doesn’t happen. For the good of society of course.”

No one talks about the fact that if you choose not to pay taxes for charity programs that you think are a waste, you WILL spend a lot of time in jail. Both Republicans and Democrats subscribe to charity by coercion, which is despicable thievery.

I recognize the diversity of people by all means. I also recognize some people are dealt a bad hand from the start, but I shouldn’t be forced give my money and resources away to those people. There’s too much room for corruption and laziness (ie. welfare). There’s no incentive to get a job or “do better”.

I like this analogy better. A little more depth to the “analogy” than Daniel’s:

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. She considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, but her father was a staunch Republican. One day she was challenging her father on his beliefs and his opposition to high taxes and welfare programs.

He stopped her and asked her, “How are you doing in school?”

She answered that she had a 4.0 GPA, but it was really tough. She had to study all the time and ever had time to go out and party. She didn’t have time for a boyfriend and didn’t really have many college friends because she was spending all her time studying. On top of that, the part-time job her father insisted she keep left absolutely no time for anything else.

He asked, “How is your friend Mary?”

She replied that Mary was barely getting by. She had a 2.0 GPA, never studied, but was very popular on campus, didn’t have a job, and went to all the parties. She was always complaining about not having any money, but didn’t want to work. Why, she often didn’t show up for classes because she was hung over.

Dad then asked his daughter why she didn’t go to the Dean’s office and request that 1.0 be taken off her 4.0 and given it to her friend who only had a 2.0. That way they would both have a respectable 3.0 GPA. Then, she could also give her friend half the money she’d earned from her job so that her friend would no longer be broke.

The daughter angrily fired back, “That wouldn’t be fair. I worked really hard for my grades and money, and Mary just loafs. Why should her laziness and irresponsibility be rewarded with half of what I’ve worked for?”

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

I recognize the diversity of people by all means. I also recognize some people are dealt a bad hand from the start, but I shouldn’t be forced give my money and resources away to those people. There’s too much room for corruption and laziness (ie. welfare). There’s no incentive to get a job or “do better”.

I like this analogy better. A little more depth to the “analogy” than Daniel’s:

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. She considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, but her father was a staunch Republican. One day she was challenging her father on his beliefs and his opposition to high taxes and welfare programs.

He stopped her and asked her, “How are you doing in school?”

She answered that she had a 4.0 GPA, but it was really tough. She had to study all the time and ever had time to go out and party. She didn’t have time for a boyfriend and didn’t really have many college friends because she was spending all her time studying. On top of that, the part-time job her father insisted she keep left absolutely no time for anything else.

He asked, “How is your friend Mary?”

She replied that Mary was barely getting by. She had a 2.0 GPA, never studied, but was very popular on campus, didn’t have a job, and went to all the parties. She was always complaining about not having any money, but didn’t want to work. Why, she often didn’t show up for classes because she was hung over.

Dad then asked his daughter why she didn’t go to the Dean’s office and request that 1.0 be taken off her 4.0 and given it to her friend who only had a 2.0. That way they would both have a respectable 3.0 GPA. Then, she could also give her friend half the money she’d earned from her job so that her friend would no longer be broke.

The daughter angrily fired back, “That wouldn’t be fair. I worked really hard for my grades and money, and Mary just loafs. Why should her laziness and irresponsibility be rewarded with half of what I’ve worked for?”

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

And even though I disagree with the legitimacy and accuracy of the analogy, if I were to accept it for the point its trying to make, it shows me: 1) The Republican Party makes decisions on issues based in their microcosmic view of the world. If you aren’t in their microcosm, you should be in it whether you agree or are capable of it in the first place. 2) The Democratic Party realize that people come from different backgrounds/life experiences/situations and that holding every personally responsible for their well-being would disregard the diversity of human existence.