tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707872381286182410.post8218472557753778626..comments2023-08-22T05:25:55.682-07:00Comments on My Adventures in America and Beyond: Paying TaxRan Fuchshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299431361335491561noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707872381286182410.post-4412884357832212942010-05-30T22:12:31.728-07:002010-05-30T22:12:31.728-07:00Here's my opinion, though it's wishful thi...Here's my opinion, though it's wishful thinking on my part.<br /><br />The ten men drinking beer in the previous scenario were all meeting up at the bar on payday.<br /><br />Their paychecks looked like this:<br /><br />Guy 1: 100 dollars<br />Guy 2: 200 dollars<br />Guy 3: 300 dollars<br />Guy 4: 400 dollars<br />Guy 5: 500 dollars<br />Guy 6: 600 dollars<br />Guy 7: 700 dollars<br />Guy 8: 800 dollars<br />Guy 9: 900 dollars<br />Guy 10 : 1000 dollars.<br /><br />The bill comes for 100 bucks.<br /><br />Best way to divide it?<br /><br />Guy 1: 2 dollars<br />Guy 2: 4 dollars<br />Guy 3: 6 dollars<br />Guy 4: 8 dollars<br />Guy 5: 10 dollars<br />Guy 6: 12 dollars<br />Guy 7: 14 dollars<br />Guy 8: 16 dollars<br />Guy 9: 18 dollars<br />Guy 10: 20 dollars<br /><br />You've got 110 bucks there.<br /><br />If we're tipping the bartender, we may need a little more scratch anted up... we'll say a quarter for the first guy, 2.50 for the last guy, and the same even distribution between.<br /><br />Or, if we don't have to tip, and expenses at the bar don't change from one year to the next, it looks like every 11th year the drinks are on the house! Yeah! Free beer!<br /><br />But, the rich man will ask why he has to pay ten times the amount that the first guy pays when he's drinking the same amount.<br /><br />Simple: because you earn 10 times as much, you pay ten times as much.<br /><br />And, those on the rung below you will aspire to one day have a 1000 dollar paycheck, so they can contribute 20 bucks to the bar tab. Or better yet 5000, so they can pay 100 bucks in.<br /><br />But, this will never work. Because, though the Declaration of Independence says that all men are created equal, that should not carry over to their tax law.Jeremy from We Took The Baithttp://www.wetookthebait.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707872381286182410.post-22566279593633504612010-03-04T18:25:54.593-08:002010-03-04T18:25:54.593-08:00Interesting that you should criticize the author, ...Interesting that you should criticize the author, without saying anything material about the story itself.Ran Fuchshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299431361335491561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707872381286182410.post-68042887145504258182010-03-04T09:01:22.312-08:002010-03-04T09:01:22.312-08:00A nice little story, for simpletons. I wonder if t...A nice little story, for simpletons. I wonder if the author is so intellectually dishonest in his work, or does he believe this crap. God help his students - and America.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397160420406462291noreply@blogger.com