From: Harvey Newstrom (machinator@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Wed Sep 11 2002 - 11:41:35 MDT
On Wednesday, September 11, 2002, at 01:10 am, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 11:50pm, spike66 wrote:
>> Suppose that every day ten 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.
Great analogy to explain the right-wing position. Now add this twist
to explain the left-wing position:
Imagine that the richest man eats 70% of the food while paying only
$59 of the $100 charge. He is paying a lower overall rate for what he
consumes even though his total bill is larger. His food is actually
being subsidized by middle-class who are also paying for the poor's
free food.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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