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13 years ago
found this posted on another board.

Found this, thought it sounded about right. You'd think even liberals could understand this...



The Tax System Explained in Beer

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten
comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like
this…

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing
The fifth would pay $1
The sixth would pay $3
The seventh would pay $7
The eighth would pay $12
The ninth would pay $18
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59

So, that’s what they decided to do.

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the
arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve ball. “Since you
are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your
daily beer by $20″. Drinks for the ten men would now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. So the
first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what
about the other six men ? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that
everyone would get his fair share?

They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that
from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end
up being paid to drink his beer.

So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill
by a h higher percentage the poorer he was, to follow the principle of the
tax system they had been using, and he proceeded to work out the amounts he
suggested that each should now pay.

And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% saving).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% saving).
The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 (28% saving).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% saving).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% saving).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% saving).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to
drink for free. But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their
savings.

“I only got a dollar out of the $20 saving,” declared the sixth man. He
pointed to the tenth man,”but he got $10!”

“Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar too.
It’s unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!”
“That’s true!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 back, when I
got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!”

“Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison, “we didn’t get
anything at all. This new tax system exploits the poor!”

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks so the nine sat down
and had their beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they
discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of
them for even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and government ministers, is how our
tax system works. The people who already pay the highest taxes will
naturally get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much,
attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In
fact, they might start drinking overseas, where the atmosphere is somewhat
friendlier. - MM

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Rockmolder
13 years ago
If I wrote that fat cat propaganda, I wouldn't put my name under it either.
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If I wrote that fat cat propaganda, I wouldn't put my name under it either.

Originally Posted by: Rockmolder 




😂 😂 😂
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Packers_Finland
13 years ago
Rich people pay more tax than poor people. But paying a bigger percentage of your paycheck isn't enough, there has to be more tax, because you're poor and they don't need that money anyway.

Well how about a system where you don't have to pay any taxes? That'd be better right? Right? Give me a break...

I'm no rich person. I just believe that if you have a big paycheck, then you deserve to keep it, and not use it all to pay taxes.
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A nation trying to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to pull himself up by the handles. Winston Churchill
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13 years ago

A nation trying to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to pull himself up by the handles. Winston Churchill

Originally Posted by: wpr 



I thought that was Abe Lincoln? Either way, it's not propaganda and I loved it. Don't let the commie get you down, Wayne! 😃
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I thought that was Abe Lincoln? Either way, it's not propaganda and I loved it. Don't let the commie get you down, Wayne! =D

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nope. did a quick google check comes back W Churchill. I thin Mr Lincoln had an analogy about lifting on the bucket handles put it was not tax related but I did not find it.
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zombieslayer
13 years ago
Wasn't Abe Lincoln quoted as saying that he's often misquoted on the internet?

Anyways, good stuff. I pay WAY too much in tax, to the point I feel like punching someone in the face when I pay my taxes every year.

But to be fair, it's not just the stupid liberals. The stupid conservatives keep sending us into these stupid wars and raising our bills so of course, taxes have to stay high.

So in America, we got stupid from both sides. [mfing]
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Wasn't Abe Lincoln quoted as saying that he's often misquoted on the internet?

Anyways, good stuff. I pay WAY too much in tax, to the point I feel like punching someone in the face when I pay my taxes every year.

But to be fair, it's not just the stupid liberals. The stupid conservatives keep sending us into these stupid wars and raising our bills so of course, taxes have to stay high.

So in America, we got stupid from both sides. [mfing]

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yeah it is not just one side only.

Including wars:

Years		War			         President

1914-1918 	World War I 		Wilson-D
1939-1945 	World War II 		Roosevelt-D
1950-1953 	Korean War 		    Truman-D
1960-1975 	Vietnam War 		Kennedy-D 
1990-1991 	Persian Gulf War	Bush “Sr“-R
2001- 		Afghanistan		    Bush-R
2003- 		Iraq			    Bush-R


You can add the little things like these but they happen all the time.  I know there are more of these I just can't think of them off the top of my head.

1961 		Bay of Pigs 		Kennedy-D
1983 		Grenada 		    Reagan-R
1989 		Panama			    Reagan-R
1993		Somalia		        Clinton-D
1995-1996 	Bosnia 			    Clinton-D
1999		Kosovo		        Clinton-D 



Funny as I put this list together I remembered someone (probably a teacher) saying all our modern wars began when a Democrat was in office although they are thought of as the "Peace Party" and the Republicans as the Warmongers. It wasn't meant to be a political commentary. It was meant to be a comment about the perception that people have in general. I have been out of school a long time.

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13 years ago
Good point.

And most recently - GWB got us in 2 and it looks like BO will get us in Iran as well as Libya. So that's two each. Although we can say Libya is a half so that's probably 1.5 for BO.
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