A Day In The Life Of American Joe Middle Class
Conservative
By John Gray Cincinnati
"Joe gets up at 6:00 AM and prepares his morning coffee.
He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because
some liberal fought for minimum water quality standards.
He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of
coffee. His medications are safe to take because some
liberal fought to insure they are safe and work as
advertised.
All but $10.00 of his medications are paid for by his
employer's medical plan because some liberal union
workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance
and now Joe gets it too. He prepares his breakfast - bacon
and eggs this day. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some
liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing
industry.
Joe takes his morning shower, reaching for his shampoo. His
bottle is properly labeled with every ingredient and the
amount of its contents because some 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
tree-hugging 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. You see, some 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 days because some 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 liberal didn't think he
should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.
It's noon time. Joe needs to make a Bank Deposit so he can
pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the
FSLIC because some liberal wanted to protect Joe's money
from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system
before The Depression.
Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae underwritten mortgage and
his below-market federal student loan because some stupid
liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better
off if he was educated and earned more money over his
life-time.
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 to dad's. His car is among the safest in the
world because some liberal fought for car safety standards.
He arrives at his boyhood home. He 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. (Those rural
"conservatives" would still be sitting in the dark.)
He is happy to see his dad, who is now retired. His dad
lives on Social Security and his union pension because some
liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe
wouldn't have to.
After his visit with dad, he gets back in his car for the ride
home. He turns on a radio talk show, where the host keeps
saying that liberals are bad and "conservatives" are good.
(He doesn't tell Joe that his beloved "conservatives" 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."
Intuitive*Analysis
Values Now REread Every QUALITY That Enhances
Joe's Life And Think About How It Developed From
VALUES
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