Kindergarten Economics 101A
Posted By thestatedtruth.com on December 10, 2010
For those who understand this, no explanation is needed.Â
For those who do not understand this, no explanation is possible, you flunked kindergarten.
Kindergarten Economics….The Tax System Explained In Layman Terms
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.Â
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The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.Â
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The fifth would pay $1.Â
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The sixth would pay $3.Â
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.Â
The ninth would pay $18.Â
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The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.Â
So, that’s what they decided to do.Â
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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 ball. “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 men would now cost just $80.Â
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 a higher percentage.Â
They decided to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using, and he proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay.Â
And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% saving).Â
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The sixth now paid $2Â instead of $3 (33% saving).Â
The seventh now paid $5Â instead of $7 (28% saving).Â
The eighth now paid $9Â instead of $12 (25% saving).Â
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The ninth now paid $14Â instead of $18 (22% saving).Â
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The tenth now paid $49Â instead of $59 (16% saving).Â
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Each of the six were better off than before. And the first four plus the fifth continued to drink for free. But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings.
“I only got a dollar out of the $20 saving,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, “but he got $10!”Â
“Yeah, that’s right, “exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar too.  It’s unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!” “That’s true!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 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. This new tax system exploits the poor!”Â
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.Â
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The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had their beers without him.  But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They have only enough money $51 between all of them to pay for about half of the bill! Â
And this message is directed at our dumb self serving elected officials, naieve journalists and government powers to be.  Tax the rich but don’t make it so bad that they leave.
The people who already pay the highest taxes will naturally 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.Â
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