Bar stool economics

Bar Stool Economics:
Well this explains it all!!! 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 paid $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 me!
'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 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.
David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, University of Georgia
For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.

Illegal Rapes

CNN News article:

ACLU: Lawsuit alleges 3 immigrant women assaulted while in ICE custody

• The ACLU says three immigrant women were sexually assaulted in ICE custody
• A class-action lawsuit has been filed on their behalf, the ACLU says
• "We believe these complaints are just the tip of the iceberg," an ACLU lawyer says
• ICE says all abuse allegations are investigated and the agency has a "zero tolerance" policy

XLIBERALFOOL wrote:

I hope that the guard made a rape tree out of their under clothing... as the local illegal hispanic tradition dictates. We wouldn't want to seem insensitive to their culture.

KBR Rape.

I don't mean to say I told you so, but I told you so!
I wrote a comment about the absurdity of this "rape case" a couple weeks ago, and I was vilified for it.
Well, now I feel vindicated.
I guess we will just throw this case in the pile with Kobe, DSK, Duke lacrosse and the rest.

Demoncrats

http://www.chron.com/news/articleComments/AP-Investigation-Plant-deal-may-enrich-donors-2196106.php

Drug Cartel

She should be ashamed of herself! She is not a kid anymore. As an attorney, she has first hand knowledge of the destruction that drug has caused in our communities. I hope she is disbarred and has to get a job cleaning toilets like all of the rest of the crack heads. Cocaine is the devil! Cocaine and its ugly twin sister, methamphetamines, has nearly destroyed this country. America's financial losses with these drugs due to lack of productivity, imprisonment costs, and damaged children is... well it is really astounding. The drug dealers in Mexico and Columbia keep fighting for a monopoly in bringing this poison into our country and then they have the audacity to blame America for what is happening there! Screw Calderon!

Baby killers

The pro-death people are afraid that a woman might get a guilty conscience and decide not to kill her unborn child if this law is put to use. The murderous doctors and macabre clinics have the same fear that a sonogram might come between them and their blood money.
I think that their fears are ridiculous! A woman who goes in for an abortion consultation has already proven herself to be amoral, and thus will not have any problem snuffing out the life of their family member due to seeing a picture. The sonogram bill will not save human life because you have to have a heart in order to have a change of heart.
I can't force you people to stop killing your unborn children. I know that, but as the proud father of an adopted child, I feel obligated to do everything I can to prevent this type of barbaric savagery from becoming sociably acceptable. That includes writing these comments and posting pictures of your torn up victims in different places around town and on the internet. These women have been given a gift... granted a gift that they do not want, but a gift all the same. If you don't like the gift then please feel free to re-gift to another couple.

Muslime

We should treat Muslims exactly how they treat Christians in Muslim countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Indonesia, and Egypt!
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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/28/iranian-pastor-faces-execution-for-refusing-to-recant-christian-faith/

Why would anyone not like Muslims???
Here is an article that details how peaceful and tolerant their nations are...
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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/28/iranian-pastor-faces-execution-for-refusing-to-recant-christian-faith/