The Homeless...

Recently, while I was working in the flower beds in the front yard, my liberal neighbors stopped to chat as they were walking their dog. During the conversation, I asked their seven-year-old daughter what she wanted to be when she grew up. She said she wanted to be President some day.

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 with pride!

"Wow, what a worthy goal," I said. "But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that."

"What do you mean?" she asked.

I told her, "You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and trim my hedge, and I'll pay you $50. Then you can go over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out and 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 smiled and said, "Welcome to the Libertarian Party."

Her parents aren't speaking to me anymore.

Hat tip: ♥♥Hubby♥♥
Image Credit: Kyle Bachan

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