Actually, you have two cows, and your neighbor has two cows. You earned yours and your neighbor received his from the gov't. The Democrats propose to give one of your cows to the neighbor to buy votes (a vote which the dems will get 95% of the time). The Republicans offer to give your neighbor both cows to buy that vote. The end result is the neighbor still votes for the Dem (and has 2 cows, and sold the other two to buy drugs, booze, and cigarettes) and you vote for the Reform party because the GOP can't keep its promises. The GOP can't figure out what happened.