Elaine is consulting a rabbi, who offers her Snackwell's Cookies. He says he fears that knowing they're fat free may cause people to overindulge. Making them fat-free lowers the price of eating them; consumers respond by eating more.
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.
Charlie's father gets laid off from his job because a new robot at the toothpaste factory can perform his job more cheaply and efficiently. His job has been made obsolete by technology.