A Day In The Life Of Joe Republican

[SnakeRat]

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning
coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for
minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his
daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie
liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised.

All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because
some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now
Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is
safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat
packing industry.

In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled
with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby
liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much
it contained.

Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean
because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from
polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his government-subsidized
ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees
because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which
gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits,
retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members
fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays to these standards
because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.

If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or
unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home
because of a temporary misfortune.

Its noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's
deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to
protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before
the Great Depression.

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal
student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would
be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime.

Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home
in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in
the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards. He
arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house
financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural
loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck
his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.

He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social
Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made
sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The
radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He
doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection
and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day.

Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After
all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just
like I have."


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[nolanfan34]

I see your profile says student. Are you a normal college age student? In your 20s? If so, get back to me in a few years when you start paying taxes, and we'll see if your tune changes at all.

I understand your tongue-in-cheek post, but it's a really horrible stereotype.

And what about this sentence:

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some lazy liberal union members
fought and died for these working standards.

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Care to elaborate? I'm pretty sure there were a few conservative union members here and there throughout history who did this too.

[adios]

I won't even get into Social Security. The EPA and OSHA started during the Nixon administration. All Union members are not liberal. I could go on.

[jcx]

Your sig line betrays you comrade. Peace, Justice, & Nonviolence! I can hear the rage inside you from where I'm sitting. You're little group would like nothing more than to have complete control over the world and everyone in it. Isn't it your peace loving non violent buddies who like to break things and burn cities down whenever there is a WTO or G8 meeting? I'd rather live under Saddam Hussien than a regime controlled by the likes of you. Both would be peace through tyranny, but at least Saddam won't give a hang about what car I drive or whether the life saving medicine I take was tested on animals.

There is a theme in all this drivel...A liberal attacking industrious individuals who invented the products that run those factories or risk everything they have to work those farms. Do you really expect anyone to believe that without liberal watchdog groups people would be dying left and right from bad medicine and meat? The market polices itself, and Merck or Tyson wouldn't be around long if people started dropping like flies from consuming their products. Companies offer good benefits to workers in this job market because if they don't a competitor will and they won't be able to get the best employees. And if Grandad's pocket hadn't been picked his whole life to redistribute his income to the unproductive he'd likely be able to afford retirement on his own. Stop preaching lies to the ignorant!

[SnakeRat]

First off its not a sig line, it is the source of this tongue in cheek little article.

Its true that many conservatives today benefit from union membership. This is exactly the point.
Historically communists and socialists led the battle for the working man.


I am a student and haven't payed much tax to speak of in my 21 yrs. When the government starts taking a big cut out of my wallet, perhaps I will change my tune.

[ThaSaltCracka]

[ QUOTE ]
I see your profile says student. Are you a normal college age student? In your 20s? If so, get back to me in a few years when you start paying taxes, and we'll see if your tune changes at all.


[/ QUOTE ] C'mon Nolanfan34, you seem bright, but why do you assume college kids don't know whats its like to work 40 hrs a week and pay taxes? I work 40 hrs a week and go to school, and I am only 22, I don't like paying taxes anymore than a 50 yr old CEO.

[nolanfan34]

I think you'd be the exception, not the rule. I'd say MOST college students don't work more than part time. And I'm not simply referring to sales or income taxes, but to property taxes, and taxes on those who operate businesses.

I think as you get older, the more you work and pay into the system, the more you tend to have less tolerance for those who are abusing it. This isn't relevant to the original post, just another thought.

[adios]

[ QUOTE ]
I think as you get older, the more you work and pay into the system, the more you tend to have less tolerance for those who are abusing it. This isn't relevant to the original post, just another thought.

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You probably won't get your fair share of what you're contributing to Social Security either. Assuming that what you got was somehow fair to begin with. If people had the option of taking their employer contribution and their contribution to Social Security and buy govt bonds themselves (probably bond funds in reality) I'm almost certain they'd do better in the long run than they would with Social Security. If I've got the liberals to thank for SS in it's current form (both partys are responsible as usual), thanks but no thanks.

[ThaSaltCracka]

[ QUOTE ]
I think as you get older, the more you work and pay into the system, the more you tend to have less tolerance for those who are abusing it.

[/ QUOTE ] I already am tired of it. True, I don't pay property tax, but I pay a whole lot of other taxes, part of the reason I hate Washinton.

One thing that I noticed as I read that little story of his was that most people support the things in the story, and thats not really were republicans and democrats differ. Most people want a clean enviroment, most people want safety standards, and most people want less government waste, the difference though is each parties have different views on how to achieve those goals.

So I don't know how you can thank any party in particular for the things we have.

[nolanfan34]

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the difference though is each parties have different views on how to achieve those goals.

So I don't know how you can thank any party in particular for the things we have.

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Very true, good point.