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A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat and had grown to be in strong favor for the distribution of all wealth in America. She felt deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch conservative and she expressed her shame openly.

One day she was challenging her father on his beliefs, including his opposition to higher taxes on the rich & more welfare programs. In the middle of her heart-felt diatribe based upon the lectures she had from her far left professors at school, he stopped her and asked her point blank, "How are you doing in school?"

She answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain. She was taking a more difficult curriculum than many people she knew. She had to study all the time, she never had time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't have time for a boyfriend and didn't really have any college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Mary?"

She replied, "Mary is barely getting by, she has a 2.0 GPA; even so, all she takes are easy classes and she never studies." She explained further in a burst of emotion, "But Mary is so very popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She goes to all the parties all the time and often doesn't show up for classes because she is too hung over."

He then asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 GPA off your 4.0 and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0?" He continued, "That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."

The daughter, visibly shocked by the fathers suggestion, angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I worked really hard for mine, and Mary has done little or nothing! She has played while I worked real hard!"

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