When Barack Obama was a teenager in Hawaii, he came up with an idea to make extra money. He knew that if he could get pineapples from the Dole pineapple plant near the North Shore of Oahu, he could easily sell them to tourists on Waikiki Beach.

He and a Punahou schoolmate, Kimo, shared this idea with Barack’s mentor, Frank Marshall Davis. Frank told them they could use an old pickup truck he had out back.

So, Barack and Kimo drove to the Dole plant early on Monday morning and bought ripe pineapples for one dollar each. They then drove to Waikiki Beach and sold the pineapples off the back of the truck for one dollar each.

They did this for five days in a row. On Friday, after they had sold their last pineapple, Kimo looked at Barack and said, “You know we are buying these pineapples for one dollar each and we are selling them for one dollar each. We aren’t making any money!”

Barack thought for a moment and replied, "We have no choice, we’ve got to get a bigger truck!"

You now fully understand everything there is to know about Obama’s economic plans!