Allowance

How the government defines a spending “cut”…

A child comes to his mother and asks for a raise in his allowance.

The mother tells the boy “You’re right, you could use a raise, let’s move your allowance from $12.00 dollars a week to $18.00 a week, but, I’ll have to discuss this with your dad first.”

The mother talks to the dad about the allowance, and the dad replies, “You are right, the boy could use a better allowance, but he’s crappy with money. Let’s raise his allowance from $12.00 to $15.00 a week instead.”

The mother then returns the the child, looks him dead in the eye and says; “Your Father just cut your allowance by $3.00!”