Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Cheap Labor is hard to find...

I was recently looking for the help of cheap labor to landscape my backyard. I went to a well known place where you can aquire respectable workers at a bargain price...hahum (clearing my throat).. the home depot parking lot...turns out they don't even work for minimum wage anymore...I'm just kidding.
I did however employ the services of my 11-year-old son. It's great because I told him I'll pay him minimum wage (which he quickly agreed to, having no real understanding of what the minimum wage is)... and in my cunning ways to save a buck I quickly added, "And I'll be deducting taxes from your pay, boy!" Of course he asked what taxes were so in a clever response I told him I was going to teach him two lessons about life. #1 The value of a dollar earned, and #2 the way government works and how it's important to know what your tax money goes towards when deducted from your pay check.

So I say to the boy, "I'm your government, your taxes go towards your transportation... and your welfare!"

I think I really have something going with this idea, let's see how long it lasts...

2 comments:

  1. nice except for this, it is unconstitutional to tax us, so when i come home ill make sure he knows your taking his rights away lol. tea party big sis lol

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  2. with out taxes we wouldn't have a military, public school system, hwy's and freeways...etc...you wouldn't have a job or paycheck either.

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A little about me, well Gary and I have been together 8 years and we have three awesome sons. our children are a 'Yours, Mine, and Ours' type of deal. Gary's son being our oldest (who I claim with all my heart and more), Isaiah 12, mine is the middle, Marques 11, and ours together is 6, Noah. I started back at school Fall of 2008 and am working on my B.A. degree in communications with a passion for journalism and writing. I take pride in the published articles I wrote while participating as a writer and editor for the college newspaper THE CONNECTION which can be located at crcconnection.com or Google using my name.