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Dyedinthewoolliberal

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13. This won't work because

Reply to TransitJohn (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 12:37 AM

Sep 2012

the beer is supposed to be a substitute for all the things taxes provide us. So in the real world, the rich guy has a beer the size of a garbage can and the poorest people have theirs in a shot glass. Not the same thing at all when we tell it like that.

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I need a good rebuttal for a right wing tax metaphor [View all] TransitJohn Sep 2012 OP

Taxes are not a consumable product. Arctic Dave Sep 2012 #1

In the real world the benefits of the civil society we create by paying taxes tk2kewl Sep 2012 #2

Well, it's fair because Confusious Sep 2012 #3

Assholes only look at the progressive federal tax bhikkhu Sep 2012 #4

it's a good parable alright Courtesy Flush Sep 2012 #5

Look at the guy who owns the newspaper that printed the topless pics of Kate. dkf Sep 2012 #6

First off, the tenth guy is an alcoholic krispos42 Sep 2012 #7

I'd say that 10 guys drinking $100 worth of beer a day are drunken sods. Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #8

It's been posted on DU several times before, so start here Emit Sep 2012 #9

Take your shit and get out richie rich. See how friendly those other countries are to you when you lonestarnot Sep 2012 #10

As a tax story, it sucks. cognoscere Sep 2012 #11

Because the rich have more to lose. Do they think if anarchy breaks out we're going to JaneyVee Sep 2012 #12

This won't work because Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2012 #13

As if our tax code were this simple. Barack_America Sep 2012 #14

suppose ten people read an analogy hfojvt Sep 2012 #15

Thanks everyone, I appreciate it. eom TransitJohn Sep 2012 #16

Well why shouldn't the one who drank the entire beer pay more for it? lunatica Sep 2012 #17

The top 1% have 35% of the wealth; the bottom 50% have 1% of the wealth gollygee Sep 2012 #18

Best explanation of trickle down economics I've ever heard. yends21012 Sep 2012 #19

The whole analogy is based on the rich guy being the guy who really runs the show... JHB Sep 2012 #20

I like the engine analogy yends21012 Sep 2012 #22

Everybody pays taxes. Viking12 Sep 2012 #21

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #23

Ayn Rand was a hack. nt cyberswede Nov 2013 #24

The 1% are prosperous because we bailed them out. CJCRANE Nov 2013 #25