EastCoastNiner Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 I recently asked my friends' little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If you were President what would be the first thing you would do? ' She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.' Her parents beamed. 'Wow...what a worthy goal.' I told her, 'But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that.. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and rake my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house. She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, ' Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50? I said, 'Welcome to the Republican Party.' Her parents still aren't speaking to me. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, ' Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50? That is one smart [expletive] girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illuminati Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 I could have swore I seen this very same thread weeks ago. I'm having a bad case of [expletive]ing Deja Vu, some awfully weird Aim Convos, Jason Bourne is on TV. I'm [expletive]ed in the head oh [expletive] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx. Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 This is clearly a copypasta lol thats why Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted July 11, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 That would suck if the homeless guy had diabetes, had eye and circulation problems, and didn't have family to help him through it. But I suppose this is assuming all homeless people are healthier than we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 This is clearly a copypasta lol thats why Correct. I saw this on another forum and thought it was pretty funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUBucksfan09 Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 (edited) Lol, I think this is hilarious.And true that would suck Real Deal, but that's an exception and seems like a very rare outlier. Edited July 11, 2009 by OSUBucksfan09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted July 11, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Lol, I think this is hilarious.And true that would suck Real Deal, but that's an exception and seems like a very rare outlier.Exceptions are a big deal. If there were 40 terrorists in a cabin, and they were holding two American kids hostage, I wouldn't go blow up the cabin because most of them are terrorists. There's always a way around things. People aren't set on making the world a better place, they are set on making it an easier place to live in. Problem is, making it easier to live in doesn't help those who have already hit rock bottom, and really have no means of standing back up on their own. It's generic and simple to say it can be done by anybody. It's more complicated to figure out a way to help those who deserve it. Most don't like complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 A lot of the homeless people are there because of their own mistakes. There's something in life called PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, which one party opposes, which leads to many hand-outs to people that just don't want to find a damn job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUBucksfan09 Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 The problem is either we make those exceptions the foundation for our rule or we make the general public the foundation for the rule. Its one or the other and the problem is government doesn't seem to like to make exceptions for certain people and not for others. Greed is a major contributor to this. People don't want to make exceptions for people if they don't benefit from it. For example healthcare, and though I agree if someone is wealthy and they pay the extra taxes for a healthcare system for everyone and then they have to pay for their own as well is ridiculous to be expected. However if people were not greedy they could say no thank you and pay for their own. The problem is the exception cannot create the rule yet people are too greedy to let the exception have a rule in itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted July 11, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Those homeless people can be managed. If tens of thousands of sports fans can be managed pre-game, so can the homeless. People take advantage of everything. Many rich people dodge taxes. Many CEO's have dug their hands in company profits. Many losers have gotten on Medicaid, despite not deserving it. Political parties like to sway the public's decisions based on the people they help. They could care less about helping EVERYONE, and that's why America (and the world) is the way it is today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUBucksfan09 Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 I wasn't saying it couldn't Real, I was just saying greed has a huge problem and like you said because the parties could care less about everyone. The United States knows how to screw people better then any country. The car companies are a great example as instead of putting money back into their cars they put their money from their profits straight to their ceo's and now their companies have suffered big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 A lot of the homeless people are there because of their own mistakes. That's a tough assumption to make considering you and I combined probably know one to five percent of the homeless people personally. Though this pasting was eye opening and interesting. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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