[Dialogue] The Life of Joe Republican

[David L. Thomas]

Thanks Del.  I refer to the Joe Republicans and the self-made men as the
Free Lunch Bunch.  People  believe that productivity is due to capitol and
labor, which should thus be rewarded.  They generally don't understand that
our cultural heritage and public capital accumulation are also factors of
production which should be rewarded.

A Value Added Tax (VAT) such as that used by most industrialized countries
retrieves this reward.  We should substitute a VAT tax for our FICA tax,
which discourages employment.  We could still measure earnings to allocate
social security.  Dave Thomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Del Morrill" <delmorrill at hypnocenter.com>
To: "Justin Morrill (Work)" <jmorrill at commhealth.org>; "iCA-DIALOGUE"
<dialogue at wedgeblade.net>; "ORDER ECUMENICAL" <oe-request at wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 5:44 PM
Subject: [Dialogue] The Life of Joe Republican


> A friend sent this to me.  If you've already seen it, forgive the
> duplication, but I found it too hard to resist sharing it, even with
> republicans! I no longer know who's on the OE and ICA dialogue lists.
> Let me know the following:
> 1.  If you don't want to receive such mailings; I won't hold a grudge!
> 2.  If you're getting duplicates.
> 3.  If you're already on the ICA or OE dialogue lists and therefore
getting
> this anyway.
> 4.  If you just want to say hello and bring me up to date on  your life!
> Have a great thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas holiday.
>  Del
>
>  The Life of Joe Republican
> 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 water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take
> because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure 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 the laws to
> stop industries from polluting our air.
> He walks on the government-provided sidewalk to 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 workday. 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 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 his temporary misfortune.
> It is 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 also forgets that in addition to his federally
subsidized
> student loans, he attended a state-funded university.
> 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 to go along with the taxpayer funded roads.
> 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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