Our home and Native land

Amy had just heard about (and, of course, not fully understood) certain tax breaks for Aboriginals in Canada. Thinking this isn't fair, she tries to beat the system with her world-renowned sound logic.

Amy: So they don't pay tax because this is their home and native land?

Me: I suppose that's it in its simplest form.

Amy: That's not fair.

Cory: That's not our call.

Amy: Let's go to German.

Cory: ...German?

Amy: Yeah, we should all go to German.

Cory: ...

Amy: What?

Cory: You mean Germany?

Amy: I don't know. Is that where Germans come from? That makes sense, though. We should go to German...y.

Cory: Why?

Amy: So we don't have to pay taxes.

Cory: What are you talking about?!

Amy: Because that's our home and native land.


It took me a second to grasp what she was saying. Our ethnic background is half-German, so I believe she thought that if we lived in Germany, we could get the same tax breaks as Aboriginals in Canada. I debated a response to correct her, but I ended up just laughing at her instead.