If you go to college and work hard to earn a 4.0 GPA and your roommate screws around and ends up with a 2.0 GPA, is it fair for the university to redistribute 1 of your grade points to your roommate so you can both be "equal"?
2007-07-25 01:18:25 · 22 answers · asked by Abu#2 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Of course this is unfair. Why can't democrats translate this analogy into money?
2007-07-25 01:23:10 · update #1
i cant believe how many people couldnt understand your analogy. it was very good i will use it myself if you dont mind.
i like the one who told you to talk to your advisor. lol
2007-07-25 01:28:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋
Who ever said we want to redistribute wealth. I don't think you'll find a whole lot of people on either side of the aisle that want that.
What we are saying is that the monies already collected by the Federal Government should be used differently. Me personally...I think $500 Billion on Defense is absurd. No other nation even comes close to us. And of course every other social program including health benefits for our returning Veterans suffer budget cuts so that every other Defense Contractor out there receives their piece of the American Taxpayers hard earned money.
It really comes down to what you or I as taxpayers feel is the best use for our money.
Imagine what this nation could do with just $50 Billion cut from that bloated defense budget.
And you know what's funny...your 2.0 GPA roommate will probably end up making $120K a year as a Federal Procurement Agent sending your tax dollars to a contractor near you.
2007-07-25 08:31:16 · answer #2 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Because the analogy is flawed.
Income is not merely a measure of hard work no matter how much the right like to pretend it is.
Poverty is not merely a measure of "screwing around" no matter how much the right like to pretend it is.
Higher grades do not in themself lead to higher grades in the future perpetuating differences that people are born into.
I cannot inherit my parents good grades and pretend that gives me a right to a life of privelige while blaming those who did not inherit good grades for thier own misfortune.
Growing disparity in grades has not been linked to increasing crime.
That anyone could think this analogy makes any sense is surefire evidence they are not a 4.0 GPA
2007-07-25 09:08:35 · answer #3 · answered by Sageandscholar 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I know what you are saying. It seems many people who responded to this missed the analogy. I don't think you can get much more of a direct analogy than that. I think this is the point in the argument where the Democrat calls you a greedy racist or something.
2007-07-25 08:30:25 · answer #4 · answered by Bob J 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
It is a very good analogy! It places more importance on being equal then rewarding hard work and effort, as you are awarded for your work and intelligence in the work force. Democrats are not as concerned with being "fair" as they are with being "progressive". Change for the sake of change is not always good, as evidenced by their stance on the war in Iraq.
2007-07-25 08:36:59 · answer #5 · answered by libsticker 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Nobody I know of would claim that. If you think that is really how liberals see things then you need to go back to school.
The fact of the matter is that the few rich conservatives that run this country do very little real work. It is the average hardworking American that does the work. That is who the liberals want to help......the working class. You should stop watching Fox News and actually do a little real research on what liberals stand for before you open your mouth. Otherwise you just make a fool of yourself.
2007-07-25 08:27:59 · answer #6 · answered by matt90977 2 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Of course not, it's a ridiculous analogy.
If, on the other hand, you got your 4.0 in part because your father donated money to the college so that they would pass a college bylaw stating that your major would be more heavily weighted and your GPA raised from it, that would not be fair.
Neocons love to whine that Dems want to give away their hard earned money to lazy poor people, but what about people like Kenneth Lay that single handedly destroyed the livelihoods and future of thousands of people? And the management of credit card, oil, health care, and pharmaceutical companies that buy favorable legislation that earns them record profits at the expense of the American people.
If our nation is gonna give handouts, I'd rather see the money go to people that need it than to people who pay to steal it.
2007-07-25 08:27:46 · answer #7 · answered by Mitchell . 5 · 5⤊ 4⤋
This analogy doesn't work because knowledge ( has reflected in GPA ) cannot be transferred as easily as money can. Giving someone 1.00 of your GPA doesn't give them the additional education correlated with that point of GPA. The same can't be said of money.
2007-07-25 08:30:28 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
If your daddy was rich and you were an average student and you got into college, lets say YALE or Harvard , and later became a famous politican, but your best friends parent's are not rich, he's a lot smarter than you but has to go to a community college
Is it fair for you to reap rewards of having a Yale or Harvard Education while your friend makes 1/3 as much as you do because his parents weren't as rich ?
is this fair ?
What part of that don't Republicans understand?
2007-07-25 08:29:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 4⤋
that's okay I am sure you will interview a whole lot better when it comes time to go out and make a living..
keep up the good work..it will only pay off for you
2007-07-25 08:22:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't think most of the people answering this question realized you were slamming dems.
2007-07-25 08:26:45 · answer #11 · answered by osborne_pkg 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋