[Bada Bing]

The Truth about Taxes

Let's put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand.
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for dinner.
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 $7;
The eighth $12;
The ninth $18.

The tenth man-the richest-would pay $59.

That's what they decided to do. The ten men ate dinner in the restaurant every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement-until one day, the owner threw them a curve.

"Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily meal by $20."

So now dinner for the ten only cost $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 eat for free. But what about the other six-the paying customers?

How could they divvy up the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his "fair share?"

The six men 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 end up being *paid* to eat their meal.

So the restaurant owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so the fifth man paid nothing, the sixth pitched in $2, the seventh paid $5, the eighth paid $9, the ninth paid $12, leaving the tenth man with a bill of $52 instead of his earlier $59.

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to eat for free.

But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.

"I only got a dollar out of the $20," declared the sixth man.

He pointed to the tenth. "But he got $7!"

"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got seven times more than me!"

"That's true!" shouted the seventh man.

"Why should he get $7 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. The system exploits the poor!"

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night he didn't show up for dinner, so the nine sat down and ate without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They were $52 short!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and college instructors, is how the tax system works.

The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction.

Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up at the table anymore.

Unfortunately, Liberals cannot grasp this straight-forward logic!
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[Blown]

Very good post. I never can understand why ppl cant seem to grasp that when tax cuts come around that the wealthy usually get the biggest $ amount back.

[thewz]

Taxes, Canadian style:

http://www.geocities.com/the_avenger_ut/march7dp.jpg

(hopefully I got the file upload to work)

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[DaKon]

BADA I agree 100 damn %.

F'in Liberals

DK
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[ROOFCUTTER]

You all missed the point. It does not matter if it is right or wrong or makes sense or does not.
They will say anything and everything to kick shove poke and scream that the other party is unfair and must be removed from office immediatly and replaced with them.

They all suck, They are all crooks and thiefs born to pursue power at any costs.

Just look at how they do their accounting!


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[JuVaNiLe]

i dont have to pay taxes

[Verman]

[JuVaNiLe]

i could live with my parents my whole life then i wouldnt

[The Nanite]

[JuVaNiLe]

no i would live in my room with fridge and comp thats all i need bushido=HOSER boy hehe

[Greebo]

[JuVaNiLe]

what is liberal i dont know anything bout politics

[merf]

YAY Bada! That is one awesome explanation. I feel the same as you on this topic. I get so frustrated when I try to explain this process to a bunch of liberals (mostly my family) and I love your story here.....mind if I use it?


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[Mr.Kason Allen]

Where do you all these stories from I need to know because every time you make a post I have to print it!!pm me
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[Bada Bing]

I get these stories/jokes from all over the country. You see I have a network of spies (friends) all over the US, Canada, and Europe that send me this stuff.
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