Binge Venting!

Well, well...The Christmas dishes are washed and I went 13 days without writing political. I have to tell you I'm about to explode! With all of the injustices being sponsored in Washington, assaulting our budget and our Constitution, it was no easy task to be silent. And if that wasn't enough, I was given a book written by a liberal over the Christmas holiday full of twisted ideology and 1/2 truths. That on second thought might have been a blessing, as I've written my own book in the margins of that book arguing with the author. A sort of therapy, if you will. It has opened my eyes to exactly how twisted a liberal's thought process is.

Along those lines, a faithful reader, (thanks Mark), sent me this e-mail explaining just how twisted that logic is when it comes to our progressive tax system. I thought I'd share.......

U.S. Tax System explained in Beer

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 beat him up. The next night the tenth man ( the richest) 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, boys and girls, 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.

-Author unknown

You know I couldn't have laid this out any better myself. This is a perfect analogy of how the bureaucrats in Washington think, and how it affects us. Common sense has left the building! But I can't just blame Washington, the voters sent them there. We are far from informed when it comes to exercising our right to vote, and the politicians count on that. Here's an example of fact.....

There were more than 46,000 write-in votes for Edward "Ted" Kennedy for US senator in 1962. Which isn't stupid in and of itself until you discover those write in voters lived in Connecticut, and Kennedy was running in Massachusetts.

Enough said..........

God Bless!
Capt. Bill