# A little kid tries to make a little money, & THE MAN puts him down.

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**Created:** [December 15, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-kid-tries-to-make-a-little-money-the-man-puts-him-down/335732 "2005-12-15T15:42:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-kid-tries-to-make-a-little-money-the-man-puts-him-down/335732/1 "2005-12-15T15:42:46Z")

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He’s just tryin to make a little money, Federal Dude!  
And, what better way to make money, than with a Do-It-Yourself Money Kit, in the basement, on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

[http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local\_story\_348111920.html](http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_348111920.html)

HEY! The kid’s into arts & crafts, leave him alone.

Craftiest arts & crafts I ever did see…

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-kid-tries-to-make-a-little-money-the-man-puts-him-down/335732/2 "2005-12-15T15:45:00Z")

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Where do children learn such things? I blame the media. Or the Democrats. 😃

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-kid-tries-to-make-a-little-money-the-man-puts-him-down/335732/3 "2005-12-15T16:29:02Z")

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If you complete a bonus missing on Grand Theft Auto, they teach you that.

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-kid-tries-to-make-a-little-money-the-man-puts-him-down/335732/4 "2005-12-15T17:32:55Z")

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For the record, I once made a counterfot $1 in seventh grade using the school’s scanner and printer. It looked pretty fake, and I never tried to apss it off as a real bill, but, technically, it was a counterfit bill and thus illegal.

Let’s hope the secret service isn’t reading this right now…