Filler: What is Politics?

I posted this in one of my egroups about three years ago. Unfortunately, I couldn’t remember anymore who the original author was and where it was first posted. If anyone here knows, let me know so I can give the proper credits. Enjoy!
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A little boy goes to his dad and asks, “What is politics?”

Dad says, “Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I’m the
breadwinner of the family, so let’s call me capitalism. Your Mom,
she’s the administrator of the money, so we’ll call her the
Government.
We’re here to take care of your needs, so we’ll call you the people.
The nanny, we’ll consider her the Working Class. And your baby
brother,
we’ll call him the Future. Now, think about that and see if that
makes sense,”

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what dad had said.

Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to
check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.
So the little boy goes to his parents’ room and finds his mother
sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny’s room.
Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father
in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed. The next
morning, the little boy says to his father, “Dad, I think I
understand
the concept of politics now.”

The father says, “Good son, tell me in your own words what you think
politics is all about.”

The little boy replies, “Well, while Capitalism is screwing the
Working Class, the Government is sound asleep, the People are being
ignored and the Future is in deep poo.”