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A new perspective on the Tax Plan
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Let's try that again: Subject: The Bush Tax Cut
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> If you think the Bush tax cut plan is unfair, read this rebuttal that
> appeared in the Sunday, March 4, Chicago Tribune. The ratios are pretty
> accurate; 10% of the taxpayers pay 60% of the taxes; 30% pay 37%, and
> 60% collectively pay only 4%.
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> 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
> to pay the bill. The first four men paid nothing at all. The fifth, grumbling
> about the unfairness of the situation, paid $1. The sixth man, feeling a little put out, paid $3. The
> next three men paid $7, $12, and $18 respectively. The last man was required to pay the
> remaining balance, $59 (59%). He realized he was paying for not only his
> own meal but the unpaid balance left by the first five men.
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> The ten 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.
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> This clearly would not affect the first four men; they still ate for
> free. The fifth man announced he would now pay nothing either. The sixth
> man lowered his contribution by 1/3 and paid only $2. The seventh man
> deducted $2 from his usual payment and paid only $5. The eighth man paid
> $9 instead of his usual $12. The ninth man paid $12, $6 less than
> before. This left the last man with a bill of $52.
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> Outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings, and
> angry outbursts began to erupt. The sixth man yelled: "I got only $1 out
> of the $20 in cost reduction, and he got $7," pointing at the last man.
> The fifth man joined in: "Yeah! I only saved $1 too. It is unfair that he
> got seven times more than me." The seventh man cried, "Why should he get
> a reduction of $7 when I only got $2?"
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> The nine men formed an outraged mob, (this is where the Democratic Party
> aggravated everyone about the unfairness) surrounding the 10th man. The
> first four men followed the lead of the others: "Even though we weren't
> paying anything in the first place, we didn't get any of the $20
> reduction in cost; where is our share?"
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> The nine angry men then carried the 10th man up to the top of a hill and
> lynched him.
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> 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.
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