fucking kerry

[TastinGood]

i know no one gives a shit but after watching all the debates, im pissed off at not only the democrats for being such complete bullshitters, but also american politics in general for having two lame ass cum chuggers as our only choices to "lead" this god forsaken country. where the fuck is perot when you need him?

"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 and eat for free;
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 restaurant 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 who had to pay 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 proportion he had been paying. He proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay based on how they paid their taxes -- and so:

The fifth man paid nothing (he had been paying $1)
The sixth pitched in $2 (instead of his usual $3),
The seventh paid $5 (instead of his usual $7)
The eighth paid $9 (instead of his usual $12)
The ninth paid $14 (rather than his usual $18)
Leaving the tenth man with a bill of $50 instead of his previous $59.

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

As they left 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 and grumbled, "But he got $9!"

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

"That's true!" shouted the seventh man, "Why should he get $9 back when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!"

The eighth man grumbled, "He got three times as much back as I did, it isn't fair, it isn't fair at all."

The ninth man screamed, "He got more than twice what I did."

"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all, the system exploits the poor, it's unfair, it's based on prejudice!"

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for dinner, so the nine sat down and ate without him. When it came time to pay the bill, they each chipped in their revised amounts for the $80 tab and discovered something very important. They were $50 short!

And that, boys and girls, journalists, college instructors (and teachers in general) 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. If you're the ninth man you better find other companions, maybe in a tax haven somewhere, because you know who the other eight will expect to make up the difference."


dont even get me started on the minimum wage issue that was brought up

[Blazey]

IM just sick to death of hearing all the BS..we all know someone will win ..someone who is nothing more than a figurehead...i dont even vote anymore..let it happen..im tired of fighting it..come what may... [img]graemlins/rain.gif[/img]

[Father Dave]

well- if you had a car the last 4 years and sometimes it ran well and most times it didn't...and you had the chance to trade for a new model (one you had no experience with) but knew if it did not please you - in 4 years you can trade it in...hmmm seems like we know how bad the present auto runs- why not trade for a new one? [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img]

anyway just vote.

[*Olivia*]

.....old model, new model.....looking at gas prices makes me wonder if people will be able to afford either [img]wink.gif[/img]

[Blazey]

*ding ding ding*.....You win! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]