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"Sort of but he's cheating us."
"Sort of? Did he or did he not loan you both money for boots?"
"Yes but. . ."
"I don't want to hear but! The two of you need to pay your brother back. I'm paying him back, you can pay him back."
Start Cash Owes Is Owed Ends Cash Owes Is Owed Net Difference
Morgan $10 $11 $0 $10 $0 $66 $65
Peter $0 $0 $22 $20 $24 $0 -$42
Paul $0 $22 $0 -$1 $24 $0 -$3
Mom&Dad $20 $0 $0 $10 $12 $0 -$22
Pay attention to the fact here that Morgan did nothing. He is not only out no money, but while he touched his cash, briefly it was never in danger. It's all still there. Somehow he's made himself not only sixty-five dollars richer, without him actually doing anything, but all of the same money everyone started with is there. It's just all his, plus they get to pay him for the privilege of giving the family back its own money. To top things off, Paul never got the dollar he needed for bootlaces, and now Peter who'd been getting by without a real job will have to get one just to maintain equilibrium. This is just one of the many scams being perpetrated by the money men.
Writer's note: Sorry to have made the government into Mom and Dad, but I'm not talented enough to pull off this tale without that crutch. They certainly shouldn't be, but that's the role they take, and as ultimately the belt resides in the hands of the government, it is the reality we live with.
PS. We can yell until we're blue in the face to Mom and Dad about this, but is the belt going to be used on the cheating little weasel, or the kids who won't shut up about being cheated. I'm sure that your flesh and blood parents never would have been anything but completely fair. Of course the government takes complaints by its owners seriously, and is even better than someone who loves you. After all they're from the government and they're here to help.
