So I am sitting with my 9 year old son this morning, having breakfast and preparing the days plan. I called a farmer's market to check on cherries and was told that the local cherries won't be in until early next week.
As I explained this to my son, he asked, "What are LOCAL cherries?"
"They are cherries that are grown near here," I said.
The wheels in his head began to turn and turn....
Finally, he asked, "Do other countries buy stuff from us?"
"Yes, they do, but for every 10 items we buy from them, they only will buy 1 from us." (crude explanation, I know, but his attention span requires that I don't do details a lot!)
Again, the wheels turned...
"So, Mom, that would mean that they get our stuff, and most of our money, right?"
"I guess so, if they are selling more to us than we sell to them."
"Well, no wonder the economy is going bad! We need to stop buying from other countries and buy only from Americans!"
Out of the mouths of babes...
Thursday, June 18, 2009
How did he learn that???
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I'd definitely have to vote for him, the future Mr. President.
In fact, send him to Washington now. They can use all the help they can get! :)
So true! So true!!
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