man was robbed, beaten, and left for dead late one evening in a downtown.
A conservative drove by in his SUV, rolled down the window, and shouted, "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps!"
A liberal drove by in his Prius, rolled down the window, and shouted, "The government will by soon to help you."
A homeless man walked by and asked, "Can I help?" The beaten man could barely whisper, "Please!" The homeless man, seeing all the cuts and bruises, said, "I'll be right back!"
He went to a public restroom to get some paper towels. The restroom only had hand dryers. The homeless man tried a second and then a third public restroom. The third had paper towels. He grabbed a couple dozen, moistened half of them, and ran back to the beaten man.
The homeless man used the wet paper towels to wipe away the blood and to soothe the bruises. He used the rest of the paper towels to dry the man up.
The homeless man tried to help the beaten man up, but the man couldn't stand. The homeless man knelt down, put the beaten man's arms around his neck, and stood up. He carried the beaten man on his back nearly a mile to the nearest hospital.
The homeless man deposited the beaten man at the emergency room, explained what he had found, what he did, and walked out the door.
One nurse asked another who the man was who brought the beaten man in. The other replied, "I don't know, but the beaten man is City Councilor Tightwad. He voted last year to cut the city's shelter, police, and fire budgets in half."
