This is a good question: Can someone answer it for me?

Question

I asked my friend's 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.'

'Wow...what a worthy goal,' I told her, 'You don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow, pull weeds, and sweep 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 while her Mom glared at me, 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 folks still aren't talking to me

Answer 1

Reality is great isn't it.

Thanks for the post.

Answer 2

The answer is: Because there is a large chance that the homeless guy is suffering from an untreated mental illness. You are right though. Crazy people should just stop being crazy, and get to work. Same for the mentally retarded and physically disabled. Bunch of whiny lazy good for nothings......

Answer 3

Too bad I heard this story before, like two years ago.

So unoriginal.  

Answer 4

So now Republicans are taking credit for something that they didn't say and/or do as this story has been on the 'net for awhile now.

Who would have thunk it?

Answer 5

What a cute story, they say family politics and traits often skip a generation.

Answer 6

Regardless as to whether or not you plagiarized this story as some other posters have claimed , it is a great story & it has merit! great story!!! Too bad the point of it was missed by the good-intentioned but possibly hopeless.