George is out of work after quitting his job and is considering a career change. The poor housing market has led to cyclical unemployment. George laments that unions control his desired job of movie projectionist (structural unemployment). He also would like to be a college professor, but requires more human capital (frictional unemployment).
A "Hobo" arrives at a country house looking for work and a meal in during the Great Depression. Millions of unemployed Americans wandered in search of work, however irregular, during those tough years.
Harold, a tax auditor, visits Miss Pascal at her store to audit her because she paid only 78% of her taxes for the year. She gives him a hard time and states that she intentionally did not pay taxes for spending that she does not support. Miss Pascal mentions some ways that the government spends taxes.