Jas Plein Fun

OUR PERSONAL TAX SYSTEM AND HOW IT WORKS
Best explanation given yet
I was having lunch with one of my favorite clients last week and the conversation turned to the government's recent round of tax cuts. "I'm opposed to those tax cuts," the retired college instructor declared, "because they benefit the rich. The rich get much more money back than ordinary taxpayers like you and me and that's not fair." "But the rich pay more in the first place," I argued, "so it stands to reason that they'd get more money back." I could tell that my friend was unimpressed by this meager argument. Even college instructors are a prisoner of the myth that the "rich" somehow get a free ride in America. Nothing could be further from the truth. Let's put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand. Suppose that every day 10 men go to a restaurant for dinner. The bill for all ten comes to $100. If it was paid the way we pay our taxes, the first four men would pay nothing; the fifth would pay $1; the sixth would pay $3; the seventh $7; the eighth $12; the ninth $18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59. The 10 men ate dinner in the restaurant every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement until 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 meal by $20. Now dinner for the 10 only costs $80.
The first four are unaffected. They still eat for free. Can you figure out how to divvy up the $20 savings among the remaining six so that everyone gets his fair share? The men realize that $20 divided by 6 is $3.33, but if they subtract that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would end up being paid to eat their meal. 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. So now 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 $59. Outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. "I only got a dollar out the $20," complained the sixth man, pointing to the tenth, "and he got $7!" "Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got seven times more than me!" "That's true," shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $7 back when I got only $2? 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 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! And that is how America's 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 at the table any more.

There are lots of good restaurants in Switzerland and the Caribbean!

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2.Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
3.Going to church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you car.
4.Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
5.If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.
6.My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7.Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8.It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
9.For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10.If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11.Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
12.A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
13.Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
14.Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15.No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16.A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17.Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18.Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19.Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20.There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21.Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
22.By the time you've figured out how to make ends meet, they move the ends.
23.Thou shalt not weigh weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24.Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
25.Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
26.Doctors can be frustrating. You wait a month-and-a-half for an appointment, and he says, "I wish you'd come in sooner."

· Artery........................The study of paintings.
· Benign......................What you be after you be eight.
. Bacteria....................Back door to cafeteria.
· Barium......................What doctors do when patients die.
· Cesarean Section............A neighborhood in Rome.
· Catscan.....................Searching for Kitty.
· Cauterize...................Made eye contact with her.
· Colic.......................A sheep dog.
· Coma........................A punctuation mark.
· D&C.........................Where Washington is.
· Dilate......................To live long.
· Enema.......................Not a friend.
· Fester......................Quicker than someone else.
· Fibula......................A small lie.
· Genital.....................Non-Jewish person.
· G.I.Series..................World Series of military baseball.
· Hangnail....................What you hang your coat on.
· Impotent.....................Distinguished, well known.
· Labor Pain..................Getting hurt at work.
· Medical Staff...............A Doctor's cane.
· Morbid......................A higher offer than I bid.
· Nitrates....................Cheaper than day rates.
· Node........................I knew it.
· Outpatient..................A person who has fainted.
· Pap Smear...................A fatherhood test.
· Pelvis......................Second cousin to Elvis.
· Post Operative..............A letter carrier.
· Recovery Room...............Place to do upholstery.
· Rectum......................Darn near killed him.
· Secretion...................Hiding something
· Seizure.....................Roman emperor.
· Tablet......................A small table.
· Terminal Illness............Getting sick at the airport.
· Tumor......................More than one.
· Urine.......................Opposite of you're out
. Varicose....................Near by