Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)I have heard so many variants of this as explanations of why 'socialism' doesn't work (all from Americans). It's as though they are taught it this way.
tkissing@MarkHoltom I taught my kid how capitalism works. I promised him $10 to wash the neighbors driveway for half an hour. An hour before the agreed upon time I told him to ger the powerwasher from his grandpa, a mile away. After 30 minutes working on the driveway, I made him clean up the machine and carry it back to grandpa.
When he was finally back, he said "I worked for 2.5 hours, the neighbor owes us $50". We went over to the neighbor, got the $50. I pocketed $40 and gave the rest to my kid.