Jose and Carlos are both beggars. They beg in different areas of town.

They both spend the same amount of time begging on a street corner, but Carlos only collects about eight or nine dollars a day.

Every day, Jose brings home a suitcase full of $10 bills. He drives a Mercedes, lives in a mortgage-free house, and has lots of cash to spend.

"Hey, amigo," Carlos says to Jose, "I work just as long and hard as you do, so how come you bring home a suitcase full of ten dollar bills every day?"

Jose says, "Look at your sign, what does it say?"

Carlos' sign reads.

I have no work, a wife and
six kids to support.


"What's wrong with that?" Carlos asks him.

"No wonder you only get eight or nine dollars a day!"

Carlos says, "All right, so what does your sign say?"

Jose's sign reads:

I only need ten dollars
to get back to Mexico.