Aspiring Economists Mugs

"$2 per week isn't much of an allowance, Pop. When will I be old enough to get a cash rebate from Trump?"

'But Dad, all the other kids get a roth IRA as part of their allowance package.'

'I know about the birds and the bees. Tell me about the bears and the bulls.'

"That's Brian Eggleston, de facto leader of the playground intelligentsia."

"What's your project for the science fair, Arnold?"

"Apparently, when the tide came in, a lot of castles went bust."

"I'll go to my room and do my homework, but I want time and a half."

"Dad, this is Wendy, she's going to re-negotiate my allowance!"

The burden of carrying the Euro.

"So much for password protected."

'All I know is when it's the 'birds and bees' it's about sex; and when it's the 'bulls and bears' it's about money.'

'In the future, if we're a little late with your allowance, don't just automatically turn it over to a collection agency.'

"We've decided to diversify our funds on some candy!"

'I've crunched the numbers and you can afford to increase my allowance by 15.5%.'

'I can't afford to absorb the overhead anymore!'

You got into the college of my choice, and I got into the college of your choice. Now if we could just work something out...

'...All profits are local.'

I'd like to request a transfer to a household offering a higher allowance and fewer choices.

Greece Bowing Before Angela Merkel

"It would be better with a protein, but add-ons are so expensive."

"I think you should provide a 401(k) with my allowance."

'I'm worth more than $3,000 as a federal income tax exemption. So how about a raise in my allowance?'

"Would you like a glass too? They're five bucks."

'I got that, Ms. Rafferty... now can we get on to student loans?'

'9K a year!? It's an outrage! At my level of attendance that's 3K per lecture!'

"Well, I thought of it as an innovative economic stimulus package, but the jury insisted on calling it securities fraud!"

'I already know about the birds and the bees. Tell me about investing my allowance for capital appreciation.'

'Sixty percent of my income is from newspaper delivery, 20% from odd jobs, and 20% from allowance.'

'This isn't the dollar I deposited!'

'I've been coming to Kindergarten every day for two weeks-- When do I get paid'

"My son's a commonwealth - I give him money to be independent."

"But it's helping me learn my math!"

"Well, Grandpa, I'd be just as happy if you put it all into musical bonds, and I could avoid all those endless tax burdens."

'Since it's falling on me to help pay off the budget deficits when I grow up, I think you need to increase my allowance, Dad!'