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Actually, here's the way it works in the U.S.:
There's a $100 bill. The poorest guys pay nothing. The middle guys pay a progressively larger amount. The richest guy's bill comes to $59. But every year, he bribes the city administrator a relatively small amount to ensure the bartender will get to keep his alcohol license, and return the richest customer doesn't have to pay the bartender his portion of the bill. But that still leaves a $41 tab. So the other 9 guys, drunk and not wanting to ruin the end of a perfectly good night, divvy that tab up amongst them.
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, conservatives and supply-siders everywhere, is how our tax system works.
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