Budding Economist Mugs

'If I have to buy my sneakers with MY money, doesn't that blur the line between allowance and support.'

"Don't think of it as me borrowing $20. Think of it as me establishing credit."

Positive Graph

'Instead of giving me an allowance, how about letting me run a tab?'

Can you teach me the value of that dollar and then let me keep the teaching aid?

'I'm worth more than $3,000 as a Federal Income Tax Exemption. So how about a raise in my allowance?'

'Junior, if you don't do your homework and stop daytrading, we'll have to freeze your assets!'

'My strategy is to ask my parents about the national debt, then ask for a measly $5 raise in my allowance.'

'The good news is that what you save on my hair cut can be added to my allowance.'

'I know that other kids manage on ?5 pocket money - but their parents don't charge them to watch any television programme their parents don't happen to approve off!'

"No wonder I got it so cheap!"

"Dad since my pocket money isn't index linked, you've forced me to have to renegotiate."

Two children are running lemonade stands outside their home; one stand is more popular than the other.

'Hmph. College kids.'

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

SALE

On Aug. 3, 1992, the Moon rose over the horizon wearing heavy eye-liner and mohawk. Fortunately it was just a phase.

Civics Class: Mock Election Today. Oh, no --- Another multiple choice test!

'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit, today, sir - a ream of paper and a half-dozen pencils.'

I need to set upmy own company.

Building Blocks.

'My allowance isn't much - but I have a great benefits package!'

"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."

3 cents glass - Exact change please, seller can't count.

"I'm making pink lemonade!"

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

'What's the fist thing you're going to think of when your brain is fully formed?'

LEMONADE 50 CENTS, NOW HIRING, 'Okay, you're hired -- now, I want you to forget everything you learned in pre-school.'

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

'Talk about stuck-up! -- he has Masterpiece Theatre action figures!'

'We would deliver if we could cross the street.'

The early days of Warren Buffett.

'Here's your lemonade and here's some descriptive literature about my franchising opportunities.'

"Forget the allowance. I'm getting more than I need from venture capital."

'Birthdays are like life...the more you have, the more illuminated you become.'