"When your child is a little older, you can teach him about our tax system in a way that is easy to grasp. Offer him, say, $10 to mow the lawn. When he has mowed it and asks to be paid, withhold $5 and explain that this is income tax. Give $1 to his younger brother, and tell him that this is "fair." Also, explain that you need the other $4 yourself to cover the administrative costs of dividing the money. When he cries, tell him he is being "selfish" and "greedy." Later in life he will thank you." Joseph Sobran "Teach Your Children Well" at LewRockwell.com
Then take fiddy cents of the tax break, because the government giving you back some of the money they confiscated is counted as "income", and thus taxable.
Of course, only give the "tax break" to kids who earn less than $200 per year in allowance because as we all know, those children making more than that are evil, greedy, and wealthy.
and don't forget to mention that no matter how much people bitch and complain about it, they still insist on abiding by this system, and have been doing so almost since the dawn of time.
At least he'll feel better knowing humans have been doing something incredibly stupid since Day 1.
Of course, only give the "tax break" to kids who earn less than $200 per year in allowance because as we all know, those children making more than that are evil, greedy, and wealthy.