Jerry desperately needs to buy a loaf of marble rye for George to return to Susan's parents. However, the customer in front of him buys the last one from the bakery. Jerry tries to negotiate a deal with the woman to purchase the bread, but she refuses. In the end, he steals it from her.

Elaine goes out with a salesman who offers her a discount on a dress. He wants sex, but would prefer for her not to take advantage of the discount—he's dangling it in front of her as an incentive. She wants the discount, but would prefer not to have to sleep with him for it—she'd dangling it in front of him as an incentive. Both stall the other....and achieve a suboptimal social outcome. Kramer says "you need to establish trust before you can have a free exchange of sex...and discounts, the cornerstones of a healthy relationship."

Stringer Bell learns about product elasticity and then explains it to the gangsters he is in business with.

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.

Describes what taxes are and what they are used for. This music video also mentions the different types of taxes.