Thursday, October 23, 2008

Simple explanation of Democratic tax policies


Sean sent this one in.

- 50,000 people go to a baseball game, but the game was rained out. A refund was then due. The team was about to mail refunds when Congressional Democrats stopped them and suggested that they send out the ticket refunds based on Obama's interpretation of fairness.

- Originally the refunds were to be paid based on the price each person had paid for the tickets. Unfortunately that meant most of the refund money would be going to the ticket holders who had purchased the most expensive tickets. This, according to the DNC, is considered totally unfair. A decision was then made to pay out the refunds in this manner:

1) People in the $10 seats will get back $15. After all, they have less money to spend on tickets to begin with. Call it an "Earned Income Ticket Credit." Persons "earn" it by having few skills, poor work habits, and low ambition, thus keeping them at entry-level wages.

2) People in the $25 seats will get back $25, because it "seems fair."

3) People in the $50 seats will get back $1 because they already make a lot of money and don't need a refund. After all, if they can afford a $50 ticket, they must not be paying enough taxes.

4) People in the $75 luxury box seats will each have to pay an additional $25 because it's the "right thing to do."

5) People walking past the stadium who couldn't afford to buy a ticket for the game each will get a $10 refund, even though they didn't pay anything for the tickets. They need the most help.

p.s., People soon learned they could make $10/day if they just walked by the stadium.

Now do you understand?

Simple enough.

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