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For those of you that are anti rich and think they should pay more in taxes. Here is an example of how taxes work.

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. "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 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 - the paying customers? 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 roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so:

The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink 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 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 than I!" "That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? 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 the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had 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 college professors, is how our 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 anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

seremtan wrote:but don't you realise that a republican victory would be a new dawn of hope and change for america, and that mitt romney can shit jobs and piss deficit reduction plans while ejaculating dreams into the face of the future with his giant cock of destiny?

DTS wrote:I missed the part where you gave a reason for being friends with retards.

On the other hand; the arguement that rich people will go elsewhere if they don't like the tax system is a common one; not without evidence. Laetitia Casta moved from France to London cause of high taxes on the rich, F1 drivers are said to move to live in Monoco or Switzerland once they get rich cause of lower taxes on the rich there...

Nightshade wrote:
Funny, I didn't miss the part where every single post you make on this forum is unbelievably fucking stupid. You'd think that just statistically speaking you'd make a non-idiotic post at some point, but I'm still waiting.

Tsakali wrote:lol @ arguing with nightshade...talk about a brick wall....no give, just bounce.

Nightshade wrote:

Tsakali wrote:lol @ arguing with nightshade...talk about a brick wall....no give, just bounce.

Still too stupid to figure out what's wrong with your car?

Underpants? wrote:Interesting.... I guess I've found it very easy to ignore any and all Facebook political bullshit, as both sides seem to appeal to some pretty gnarly sellout tactics this year. I do, however, find it pretty easy to focus on bro-status. Raw, DM, Puffah and Feedback usually have some interesting stuff going on with the hot Asian ladies and the good food restaurants and stuff, now we just have to focus on recruiting those two Dutch queens Ryoki and MKJ

Also kind of find it hard to believe that no where else in the world has people who vote for retarded causes... or does that statement somehow demean the sacred principal of "only in America, etc" (c) GD, 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004...2012