Friday, May 1, 2015

Teenage Lesson in Economics

TJ (14) asks:

"Mom, can I go to the theater to see the Avengers movie next Friday with the guys?"

"Sure."

"Will you pay for my ticket?"

"No."

"What? What will you pay for?"

"Umm.... I pay the taxes that go to the library so they can purchase the Avengers when it comes out on DVD, I pay the gas to drive the car to the library so you can check it out, and I pay the electric bill so you can watch the DVD on a TV that works."

His face kind-of looked like this:






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