FATHER/DAUGHTER TALK
A young woman was about to finish her first year at university. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a Labor supporter. Among her other ideals, she was very much in favour of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.
She was deeply ashamed of her father who was a staunch Liberal, a feeling she openly expressed.
Based on the lectures that she had participated in and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years, harboured an evil selfish desire to keep what he thought, should be his.
One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes for the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing at university.
Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had passes in four subjects, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't have much time for friends because she spent all her time studying.
Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Clarisa doing?" She replied, "Clarisa is BARELY getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she has only two passes. But she is ever so popular on campus - everyone knows her. She's gets invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."
Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Chancellor's office and ask him to deduct one pass off you and give it to your friend who only has two passes. That way you will both have three passes and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of passes".
The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, 'That's a crazy idea, and how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Clarisa has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"
The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the Labor party."
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