Dinner Table Economics Lesson.

Tonight I served my family mashed potatoes without gravy. Which prompted a lively discussion about how good gravy is. And everyone had an entirely different point of view.

The 9-year-old son: If I were President of my own country, I would have FREE gravy for everyone. Everyday.

Me: How would you manage that? Tax the people and use their money to give gravy to all?

Son: I guess so.

Me: So, you would run on a Free Gravy platform.

Son (Mumbling through mouthful of potatoes): Yup.

6-year-old daughter: If I had my own store, I would give free gravy to every person who came in!

Me: Where would you get all that gravy?

Daughter: I'd make it!

Me:How would you get all the ingredients?

Daughter (confused): Ummmm . . . buy them at a store?

Husband (who up til this point was busy chewing his steak): If I had my own restaurant, I'd make the best gravy in the world and charge everyone a ton of money to eat it.