Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 19, 2016

Calvin, your Dad is ripping off Ben Franklin.(Yes, there was a time when banks paid real interest when you kept money with them.).Happy Father’s Day, especially to my Dad.

Six percent on savings ?!?!?!?!? Just when was this originally written ?

1986 and mortgage rates were 10 to 11%.

Where is King Herod when you need him?

Happy Father’s Day to everyone. We may make our dad’s crazy, and sometimes them to us, but that’s just part of the package.

And what I meant to say was, Happy Father’s Day to every father.

Ah, yes… Today is the day I celebrate the anniversary of my vasectomy!

I don’t remember Socrates being much of an economist, or a father. It’s an odd reference.

No children, no wife and very happy about it.

I’m 50+ years old. My children are all grown.

I’d gladly sell each and every one of you to our alien/robot overlords for just one of those mornings again.

Calvin’s dad is a fool.

His dad is terrible

My little bologna loaf turned into a beautiful young woman, scholar and athlete. Man, I still can’t believe I didn’t screw that up.

Happy Father’s Day everyone!

Happy Fathers Day !! for those without a “Little Bologna Loaf” you don’t know what you are missing….. (or maybe you do)

one of my Loafs is still here. i will enjoy it while i can

Happy Father’s Day to all dads.

Happy Father’s Day to all dads.

Happy Father’s Day to all dads.

In the early 80s I had a CD that paid me 14%, and a car loan at 17%. Taken out at different times. Prices in the supermarkets changed every two days.

I’m a retired banker. There was a time – long time actually – when many bank interest rates were fixed by Uncle Sam. A plain vanilla passbook savings account had a fixed interest rate of 5.50%!Banks make money on the difference – known as the “spread” – between the interest rate they pay on savings accounts and the rate they charge for loans. Typically, that spread is not very great, and all operating costs have to be paid out of it before there’s any profit. That’s the short version.

Mom: “Oh, he’s definitely ours, Dear. Trust me on this one!”

WOW!! 6%. Today my mother-in-law gets the interest on her life savings from the bank in pocket change every year. And the Obama idiots on TV keep telling us we’re in a recovery. I’d like to put them in the recovery – the recovery room.

“mmf. goomrg” love it. Calvin was like my kid. She would do stuff to be nice but it would be a disaster. Like the time she noticed a scratch in my red car and spray painted it for me. With black spray paint. I was furious but couldn’t get really mad because her heart was in the right place, even if her mind wasn’t..

Oooo, harsh words, Dad. lol

I’ll have cheese with that on wheat bread, lightly toasted and with a bit of mayo…

How wonderful it is to be a 21 year old single female!

A very Happy Father’s Day to those who deserve to be fathers.

xxx

Calvin is learning from his dad, how sweet. LOL

on the 7th frame, 6% interest. whoa, where is this kid stashing his savings to earn a 6 percent rate of return? Is it legal?

Wait till Dad uses his own fatherly wisdom when choosing Calvin’s birthday present.

My dad probably said the same thing… then decided to leave when I was three. Fifty some years ago.

@washingtoneagleI still have mine, but I don’t have grandads anymore.

…6% interest. ;__; My generation will never know how awesome that actually is. Then again, 5% on a home loan isn’t so shabby.

Hence, Calvin has no siblings.

As they say…