he gets it!

SO another car conversation. Zach asked if I had listened to Barrack Obama lately because he was supposed to write a letter to the president in school. Jared interrupted and said,

"Zach! don't write to Barrack Obama because he lied to us! He said everything would be free and it's not."

Zach said, "No, he just said college and health care would be free."

So I asked him where he heard that and he said that he watched him give a speech and say that. I'm not sure what he watched, but that's what he came away with. SO I asked him what he thought of it and he said,

"I think that it's a bad idea, beacause if health care is free then all the doctors and dentists and other workers will quit because they'll say 'this sucks we aren't getting any money!'"

So, if my 9-year-old gets it, how come the president doesn't?


p.s. after that we talked about how doctors and dentists go to a lot of school and it costs a lot, Zach asked how much and I said it depends, but around a couple hundred thousand. He says, "$200,000! That's not so much." I said, "what? that's a ton." He said, "you could win that in the lottery- you just need to buy a ticket!"
Why didn't I think of that? I'm calling Kerry and telling him to pick one up on his way home- our student loan worries are over!!