DEZLPWR

<br><br>The Truth about Taxes<br>by Anonymous <br> <br>&quot;Let's put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand. 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: <br> <br>The first four men-the poorest-would pay nothing; The fifth would pay $1; The sixth would pay $3; The seventh $7; The eighth $12; The ninth $18. <br> <br>The tenth man-the richest-would pay $59. <br> <br>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 owner threw them a curve. <br> <br>&quot;Since you are all such good customers,&quot; he said, &quot;I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily meal by $20.&quot; <br> <br>So now dinner for the ten only cost $80. The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. <br> <br>So the first four men were unaffected. They would still eat for free. But what about the other six-the paying customers? <br> <br>How could they divvy up the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his &quot;fair share?&quot; <br> <br>The six men 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. <br> <br>So the restaurant 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. <br> <br>And so the fifth man paid nothing, the sixth pitched in $2, the seventh paid $5, the eighth paid $9, the ninth paid $12, leaving the tenth man with a bill of $52 instead of his earlier $59. <br> <br>Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to eat for free. <br> <br>But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. <br> <br>&quot;I only got a dollar out of the $20,&quot; declared the sixth man. <br> <br>He pointed to the tenth. &quot;But he got $7!&quot; <br> <br>&quot;Yeah, that's right,&quot; exclaimed the fifth man. &quot;I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got seven times more than me!&quot; <br> <br>&quot;That's true!&quot; shouted the seventh man. <br> <br>&quot;Why should he get $7 back when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!&quot; <br> <br>&quot;Wait a minute,&quot; yelled the first four men in unison. &quot;We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!&quot; <br> <br>The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. <br> <br>The next night he didn't show up for dinner, so the nine sat down and ate without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They were $52 short! <br> <br>And that, boys and girls, journalists and college instructors, is how the tax system works. <br> <br>The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. <br> <br>Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up at the table anymore. <br> <br>Unfortunately, Liberals cannot grasp this straight-forward logic!<br>

dodgeram

you view is a little skewd, in the real world the 10th man pays nothing also due to tax loopholes.......

and the guys in the middle get to pay the whole bill

I have no idea what the tax system is like in the us but that's how it is in canada ........

in canada the tax department will spend untold dollars and time to chase a guy cause he owes 200 dollars in back taxes but they let a wealthy family that owes 2 billion in taxes leave the country with their money. and defend thier actions when questioned by saying we have the right to choose who we go after and who we don't

yeah that sounds right

the rest I under stand, I just feel kind of bitter about paying 25 grand in taxes again this year ........I need to move to alberta

Wilson

I just wanted to bring this back to the front, because that really is the truth about taxes. I am a small business owner and last year my company made more than it ever has, but somehow I ended up taking home less than I had other years because of taxes ???. Therfore, no new expansion of the company, no new employees and no help to the economy. Let me keep the money I make and invest it in business, its good for everybody!!! I know one thing, if I kept more, various advertisers on this site would definately benefit.
Best Wishes everyone.

BigK

[quote author=dodgeram link=board=10;threadid=9342;start=0#89650 date=1041995564]<br><br>I have no idea what the tax system is like in the us but that's how it is in canada ........<br><br>[/quote]<br><br>I have no intimate knowledge about how the Canadian tax structure works, so I will not comment on that. <br><br>You should consider adopting the same approach.<br><br><br>Another small biz owner. I agree w/ 2/3 of the above posts ;D

BIG&BAD

taxes suck <br><br>i get taxed to much......<br><br>born free .... taxed to death

goldenears

<br><br>Wilson? Shouldn't you, as a small business owner pay yourself FIRST?

Wilson

I did pay myself...unfortunately into a higher tax bracket... :'(

Nevada

Definition of a taxpayer: Any person that does not have to pass the civil service exam to work for the government.