Bar Stool Economics
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 [...]
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clever
David R Kamerschen is a very smart man….. hope he contributes more !
this is wack
ur a real phd holder sir
couldn’t have said it better
yeah a pdh holder… totally… tards…
Nevermind the fact that the reason the tenth man is so rich because he’s spent his entire life ripping off men 1-9. He gets sacks full of money shipping 1 & 2’s jobs overseas. We should tax man 10 at 95%.
I came here for a laugh, not for a lesson about the tax system.
St’v'n: lots of anger…looks like someone is guy 1-4
lol haha ok well here’s my tax system……..Buy illegal papers, pay no taxes, get ticked when i realize i have to pay taxes with the IRS pin number they give me for taxes, do my taxes and later find out i’m not elligable for tax refund because i have no social security….how do you like those apples
The pofessor fails to point out that man # 10 made more money than the rest of the men combined.
Well done, makes a good point about reality, and yet there was no mention of women whatsoever which just leaves me wondering…
Why would these guys keep going there?
St’v'n says:
January 19, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Nevermind the fact that the reason the tenth man is so rich because he’s spent his entire life ripping off men 1-9. He gets sacks full of money shipping 1 & 2’s jobs overseas. We should tax man 10 at 95%.
ever occured to you that maybe 1-4 didn’t get jobs because they figured 10 would pay for them 5-6 are lazy and don’t get payed much and 9-10 are actually hard workers
i doubt the ist 4 guyz ever got rich
wat u do is pop da rich man an take all his shiz, then u can buy all da booze ya want
Red Rivan: “wat u do is pop da rich man an take all his shiz, then u can buy all da booze ya want”
As soon as you and the rest of you Guy Number Ones out there learn how to speak English, you might actually get a decent job and not have to kill people for money!
that ìs brilliant……
If you tax that man 95% he would quite and live off the system like the first 4 lazy guys and then everone is screwed because the middle guys will just try to do the same when the taxes fall on them.
Really, really true
Clearly David Kamerschen is worthy of his Economics PhD. Would anyone like to carry out this arithmetic:
2 + 5 + 9 + 14 + 49 = ?
I’m no genius myself, but am I correct in thinking that the answer isn’t 80?
Oh, and why again is this remotely funny?
You’re write Anon, the joke would be so much better if he remember to put in all the decimals. To be correct it should be
1-4 drink free
5 pays 0.80
6 pays 2.40
7 pays 5.60
8 pays 9.60
9 pays 14.40
10 pays 47.20
It makes it flow so much better. And I do have a PhD. in economics!
Anon, it’s 79. With Monsier Ryan’s help, it would amount to 80$ =] no PHD here, i’m only 17. Basic mental math is fun, and nessicary for the Culinary arts.