Explaining economics to children... A young boy asks his father to explain the economy to him. The father thinks for a while before responding, ""Son, think of our household as the economy. I earn the money, so I'm capitalism. ""Your mother deals with the day-to-day running of the house, so we'll call her the government. ""The maid does the menial work required for the house to remain in working condition, so she would be the working-class. ""A lot of this is for your benefit, so we'll call you the people. Oh, and your baby brother has his whole life ahead of him, so he's the future. ""Now I want you to think about this a bit, and if you still don't understand come tomorrow, I'll try to explain more."" Later that night the boy is woken by his baby brother crying, so he gets up to go see what's wrong. He finds that his brother has crapped himself and his diaper needs changing, so he goes to his parents' room. There he finds his mother, and tries to wake her up. He can't though: she's out like a light. He then goes to the maid's room, but finds that the door is locked. He looks through the keyhole and sees his dad shagging the maid. At this point he decides there's nothing more he can do, and goes back to bed. The next morning at breakfast his father asks whether he has a better understanding of the economy than he did the day before. ""Yes dad,"" he responds. ""I think I do. While capitalism is screwing the working-class, the government is sound asleep, the people are being ignored and the future is in deep shit.""