I discovered them previously. We're all waiting for Dave.

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"DSK" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
You mean saying that I don't know, but saying that it should be fair
isn't responsive?


The problem is that everybody has a different idea of "fair." In a culture
that is increasingly dominated by narcissists who were spoiled as children
and raised mostly by TV, "fair" is coming to mean "I get *all* the cake."
This leads to the kind of winner-take-all socio-economic struggle we have
seen in Iraq "reconstruction" conract awards.

It's not pretty.


Basically, if you're more well-off, you should pay more both numerically
and as a percentage. Thus, if someone makes $30K a year and has three
kids, she shouldn't be paying as high a percentage of her income as
someone who makes $250K a year and has three kids. Let's say say the
$30Ker pays 10% (which I think is way, way too high, but ok). That's a
pretty big percentage of a small income. Now take the $250Ker. She's
paying $25K, which while not insignificant, leaves a whopping $225K for
expenses, whatever. What would be wrong with the $250Ker paying 20%. This
still leaves $200K, which is plenty to live on.

Obviously, this can't be an absolute scale, but the trend should be
obvious.


You're on the brink of discovering marginal tax rates. Waiter! A little
more math for my friend here!

DSK