[78] The pursuit of Happiness-Part 2-Riding the Bus

Crazy man: What's that? It's a time machine isn't it? Seems like a time machine, it seems like a time machine, it's a time machine. Take me with you.

Chris: This machine, this machine on my lap.

Crazy man: This guy he has a time machine. He travels in the past with this machine.

Chris: It is not a time machine. It's a portable bone density scanner. A medical device, I sell for a living. Thank you very much for the opportunity to discuss it with you. I appreciate it.

Doctor: We just don't need it Chris. It's unnecessary... and expensive.

Chris: Well maybe next...

Doctor: Thank you.

Chris: It gave a slightly denser picture than an X-ray, for twice the money.

Linda: Hey.

Chris: Hey baby.

Linda: What happened?

Chris: No, nothing, look, I can't get Christopher today.

Linda: Oh no you don't Chris, I'm back on at seven.

Chris: I know, I've got to go to Oakland.

Linda: So I've got to get Christopher home, feed him, bathe him, get him in bed and be back here by seven?

Chris: Yes.

Linda: We got a tax bill notice today. what are you going to do about that?

Chris: This is what we've got to do...You see that car, the one with the pretty yellow shoe on it? That's mine. There is no parking near hospitals. That's what happens when you're always in a rush...Thanks anyway, uh, very much. Maybe next quarter.

Doctor: It's possible.

Chris: I needed to sell at least two scanners a month for rent and day-care. I'd have to sell one more to pay off all of those tickets under my wind shield. The problem is, I haven't sold any for a while. Since when do you not like macaroni and cheese?

Christopher: Since birth.

Chris: What's that?

Linda: What?

Chris: What is this?

Linda: It's a gift for Christopher.

Chris: From who?

Linda: Cynthia from work. It's for adults. Chris can't use it. She didn't know.

Chris: What are you supposed to do with it?

Linda: Make every side the same color. Did you pay the taxes?

Chris: No, I'm going to have to file an extension.

Linda: You already filed an extension.

Chris: Well I've got to file another one. That's six hundred and fifty dollars, I'll have it in the next month.

Linda: That means interest right, and a penalty?

Chris: Yeah, a little bit. Why don't you let me do this? All right, just relax, OK? Now, calm down.

Linda: I have to be back to work.

Chris: Get ready for bed. Put your plate in the sink.

Ron: A few days ago I was presented with a report I'd asked for, a comprehensive audit, if you will, of our economic condition. You won't like it. I didn't like it. But we have to face the truth, and then go to work to turn things around. And make no mistake about it, we can turn them around. The federal budget is out of control. And we face runaway deficits of over almost eighty billion dollars for this budget year that ends September thirtieth. That deficit is larger than the entire federal budget in 1957. And so is the almost eighty million dollars that we will pay in interest this year on the national debt. Twenty years ago in 1960, our federal government payroll was less than...