Politics a Child Can Understand

[Lynne]

>>
>> Politics a child can understand:
>>
>>
>> I remember the time that Kathryn, one of my daughter's little
friends,
>> told
>> me that she wanted to be President one day. Both of her parents are

>> liberal
>> Democrats and were standing there with us - and I asked Kathryn,
"If you
>> were
>> President what would be the first thing you would do?"
>>
>> Kathryn replied, "I would give houses to all the homeless
people."
>>
>> "Wow, what a worthy goal you have there, Kathryn." I told
her, "You
>> don't
>> have to wait until you are President to do that... you can come over
to
>> my
>> house and clean up all the dog poop in the back yard and I will pay
you
>> $5.00.
>> Then we can go over to the grocery store where the homeless guy
hangs
>> out,
>> and you can give him the $5.00 to use for a new house."
>>
>> Kathryn, who was about 4, thought that over for a second while her
mom
>> looked at me, and then she replied, "Why doesn't the
homeless guy come
>> over and
>> clean up the dog poop and you can pay him the $5.00?"
>>
>> Welcome to the Republican Party, Kathryn.

 

[CuongNhuka]

The thought that people should "pick themselves up by there own bootstraps" comes from Libertarianism. The opposite is Socialism. Which is NOT about the government does every needed for you. Socialism (in reality) is that the government helps you help yourself. I've heard the same said of God (God helps those who help themselves).

So, a Libertarian would say "you should help youself", a Socialist would say "what can I do to help you pick yourself up". Welcome to Socialism/The Democratic Party.

 

[shesulsa]

Helping someone make their miracle work is what welfare did for this country after the Great Depression. But don't tell anyone that.