might be old, but still funny.
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There aren’t any republicans running are there?
I can’t think of one!
They are all wolves in sheep’s clothing.
End rant.
what do Monaca and a pop mechine have in common? Insert bill here
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^ That has got to be one of the most unflattering pics of Hillary I have ever seen. I love it.
This has made the rounds before but is still interesting.
Our Tax System Explained: Bar Stool Economics
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 began shouting at him. 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, ladies and gentlemen, 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.
Good story.
Now lets go give tax rebate checks to people who didn’t pay income tax last year.
hey, I forget, who rolled out this program?
^Which part?
Hey, I agree, the whole idea is flawed (deficit spending to give rebate checks), but only the Democrats could fuck it up more by saying, “lets give an income tax rebate to people who didn’t pay income tax”.
I tried the new logic with Sony and mailed in the rebate for 5 free blu-ray movies you get when you purchase a blu-ray player, but in my case I didn’t buy the blu-ray player. I’m hoping this new rebate logic is a national law. 
If I don’t get them I plan to sue. Right after my lawsuit I filed against my boss for tripping over the curb in the parking lot is settled.
good luck finding one if u do this will be my jaw:jawdrop:
AWD thats an awsome post :tup:. Sad but true.
politics is such a fucking joke…
none of our votes matter…