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As I observe the daily news coming out of Washington, I get more and more discouraged. Should we raise the debt ceiling? Should we eliminate tax breaks for the rich? Who should pay less tax, and who should pay more? Do we really have to live within our means?
I found this story on the Internet today. Apparently it's been going around for years, and nobody really knows where it began. But it seems to paint a fair picture of our progressive tax system:
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer at Bubba's Bar, and the bill comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this...
