Al Capone also believed that everyone has their price. The fact that he was so successful before being brought to trial and then only convicted of tax evasion supports his view. He is said to have preferred bribery to violence and would keep raising his offer to avoid having anyone killed but eventually reached a point where he stopped offering money and ordered someone’s death. He isn’t believed to have killed anyone personally but always had people to do it for him.
If it’s to sell my house for cash to someone who wants to flip it and make it unaffordable for someone who actually wants to live in it… my price is very high indeed.
Shouldn’t the answer to “What’s your price?” be “For what?” There are any number of things someone might want to pay me for. Some will cost more than others.
Calvin has to have something of value for people to pay him $2. What would anyone want that he could provide? Maybe his parents would give him $2 to leave them alone all day.
BE THIS GUY over 2 years ago
By having such a low price, he hopes to make his money by volume.
Charles Barr Premium Member over 2 years ago
Inflation will solve that problem.
rklynch over 2 years ago
What’s that in today’s money, i wonder….
codycab over 2 years ago
I guess there are worse deals than Calvin’s. None come to mind however.
Templo S.U.D. over 2 years ago
good know, Calvin
C over 2 years ago
Buyers market
Robin Harwood over 2 years ago
Priced himself out of the market.
Concretionist over 2 years ago
That was 30 years ago. So probably more like $25 these days. But the important insight is, of course, Hobbes’s.
dadthedawg Premium Member over 2 years ago
I remember an old courtroom comedy where the punchline was, “Pay the two dollars…..”
Susan00100 over 2 years ago
Calvin would make a perfect politician in today’s world!!
in.amongst over 2 years ago
The higher your price to lower you are as a person.
chuckcork1 over 2 years ago
Ever wonder why so many in Congress and the Senate are millionaires….
rentier over 2 years ago
Love must be enough, when you don’t have more!
Ravenswing over 2 years ago
Yeah, two bucks was quite a haul for a six year old back then!
Calvinist1966 over 2 years ago
Al Capone also believed that everyone has their price. The fact that he was so successful before being brought to trial and then only convicted of tax evasion supports his view. He is said to have preferred bribery to violence and would keep raising his offer to avoid having anyone killed but eventually reached a point where he stopped offering money and ordered someone’s death. He isn’t believed to have killed anyone personally but always had people to do it for him.
Egrayjames over 2 years ago
What’s the price?……Two bits twice.
jagedlo over 2 years ago
Both, Hobbes, Both!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 2 years ago
A rich guy once said, “I never bought a man who wasn’t for sale.” I think the devil works the same way.
brick10 over 2 years ago
“I’m not cheap, but I can be bought,” sez my lawyer.
mckeonfuneralhomebx over 2 years ago
He only needs 2 dollars for his first bet at the track, I think tigers can talk to horses, so then Calvin will never worry about money again.
txmystic over 2 years ago
I can still recall the time when I thought two bucks was a lot…
mfrasca over 2 years ago
We will see what price Calvin’s parents will accept when Wissey Jones from United Lymphomilloid comes knocking at their door.
nathan.sheriff3 over 2 years ago
I can relate to this on a sub-atomic level. It hurts, lol.
uniquename over 2 years ago
So for $2 Calvin, you’d do all your homework without complaining?
Steverino Premium Member over 2 years ago
But you need to keep the money in the refrigerator. Cold cash, remember.
gantech over 2 years ago
“Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” ~ AC/DC, who ripped the line off from Beany and Cecil’s Dishonest John (seriously!)
Calvins Brother over 2 years ago
“I want my two dollars!”
goboboyd over 2 years ago
Make it up on volume.
sandflea over 2 years ago
Politicians have the market cornered. They’ll sell out anything or anybody for a buck.
KEA over 2 years ago
If it’s to sell my house for cash to someone who wants to flip it and make it unaffordable for someone who actually wants to live in it… my price is very high indeed.
John Jorgensen over 2 years ago
Shouldn’t the answer to “What’s your price?” be “For what?” There are any number of things someone might want to pay me for. Some will cost more than others.
Will_Scarlet over 2 years ago
Milhouse: “Why don’t you sell your soul to me?”
Bart: “How much you got?”
Milhouse: “Five bucks.”
Bart: “Deal.”
Mario The GREAT!! over 2 years ago
2 dollars aren’t that bad. I also wish this bridge was in color.
bigcatbusiness over 2 years ago
Even for people who don’t need it, people never get enough of anything. That’s why unhappiness is so rampant.
dbradway1 over 2 years ago
I remember when Spiro Agnew brought the price of a corrupt politician within reach of the average person.
schaefer jim over 2 years ago
At two buck, Don the Con will be calling soon on his bunner phone.
anomaly over 2 years ago
You get what you pay for.
locake over 2 years ago
Stormy Daniels price was $130,000. I wouldn’t do that for any amount. Not unless my memory could be erased right after it was over.
locake over 2 years ago
Calvin has to have something of value for people to pay him $2. What would anyone want that he could provide? Maybe his parents would give him $2 to leave them alone all day.
dogday Premium Member over 2 years ago
“Skin in behalf of skin, and everything a man has he will give…” NOT a good model for you, Calvin.
maverick.kaminski over 2 years ago
For reference, I received a $2/week allowance around this time. A child’s ticket at the movies was $.50 and most candy bars were $.05.
Joseph Orr over 2 years ago
So, it’s not about finding your price. Its finding theirs.
Lola85 Premium Member over 2 years ago
What a frightening little child.
jd wigman over 2 years ago
sounds like the entire demorat party…
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 2 years ago
Coincidentally, that’s also the going rate for C-Dog’s Incredibly Bad Advice. I guess some things just aren’t subject to the whims of inflation.
Bilan over 2 years ago
Calvin, have you seen those other comics where somebody holds up a sign saying “I will go away and not bother you for $2”
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 2 years ago
At least Calvin seems to get how supply and demand work.
GreggW Premium Member over 2 years ago
Ten million dollars. I’m not greedy.
baraktorvan over 2 years ago
Simple, become a politician. Then you will be bought out (like they all are) for millions.