ugh! hits too close to home...
> If you think the Bush tax cut plan is unfair, read
> this rebuttal to the
> Daschle Gephardt Muffler/Lexus attack that appeared
> in the Sunday, March 4
> Chicago Tribune. (By the way, the ratios are roughly
> accurate. 10% of the
> taxpayers pay about 60% of the taxes collected, 30%
> pay 37%, and 20% pay
> 4%.)
>
>
> Every night, 10 men met at a restaurant for dinner.
> At the end of the meal,
> the bill would arrive. They owed $100 for the food
> that they shared. Every
> night they lined up in the same order at the cash
> register. The first four
> men paid nothing at all. The fifth, grumbling about
> the unfairness of the
> situation, paid $1. The sixth man, feeling very
> generous, paid $3. The next
> three men paid $7, $12 and $18, respectively. The
> last man was required to
> pay the remaining balance, $59. He realized that he
> was forced to pay for
> not only his own meal but the unpaid balance left by
> the first five men.
>
> The 10 men were quite settled into their routine
> when the restaurant threw
> them into chaos by announcing that it was cutting
> its prices. Now dinner
> for the 10 men would only cost $80. This clearly
> would not affect the first
> four men. They still ate for free. The fifth and
> sixth men both claimed
> their piece of the $20 right away. The fifth decided
> to forgo his $1
> contribution. The sixth pitched in $2. The seventh
> man deducted $2 from his
> usual payment and paid $5. The eighth man paid $9.
> The ninth man paid $12,
> leaving the last man with a bill of $52.
>
> Outside of the restaurant, the men began to compare
> their savings, and
> angry outbursts began to erupt. The sixth man
> yelled, "I only got $1 out of
> the $20, and he got $7," pointing at the last man.
> The fifth man joined in.
> "Yeah! I only got $1 too. It is unfair that he got
> seven times more than
> me." The seventh man cried, "Why should he get $7
> back when I only got
> $2?"
>
> The nine men formed an outraged mob, surrounding the
> 10th man. The first
> four men followed the lead of the others: "We didn't
> get any of the $20.
> Where is our share?" The nine angry men carried the
> 10th man up to the top
> of a hill and lynched him. The next night, the nine
> remaining men met at
> the restaurant for dinner.
>
>
>
> But when the bill came, there was no one to pay it! |
