Try this. I think it explains everything tax related:

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100…

If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this…

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.

The fifth would pay $1.

The sixth would pay $3.

The seventh would pay $7..

The eighth would pay $12.

The ninth would pay $18.

The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

So, that’s what they decided to do..

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve ball. “Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20”. Drinks for the ten men would now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. So the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men? The paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share?

They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.

So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by a higher percentage the poorer he was, to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using, and he proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay.

And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% saving).

The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% saving).

The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 (28% saving).

The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% saving).

The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% saving).

The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% saving).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings.

“I only got a dollar out of the $20 saving,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,”but he got $10!”

“Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!”

“That’s true!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 back, when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!”

“Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison, “we didn’t get anything at all. This new tax system exploits the poor!”

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had their beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and government ministers, is how our tax system works. The people who already pay the highest taxes will naturally get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas, where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

My question is this. Why does it matter if a big corporation gets tax relief? The top percentage of thoose with money are the ones that have created most of the jobs in this counntry so whats wrong with them getting some slack cut? All this BS pertaining to "THE FAIR SHARE ISSUE" that has been pushed by mostly the Democrats i sredicuales. Who's right is it to determine what that fair share is supposed to be? Other than those of wealth that were born into it which is the smaller percentage, the owners of those companies that have done extremely well shoulld be able to keep as much of the profits as they see fit. So what is the big deal?
Semper Fi

The best surest was to reduce government spending is to eliminate the Federal Income Tax and make the Feds get their money from trade and tariffs like the Constitution states.

Close down the Federal Reserve and you eliminate planned inflation and globalism.

Return to the gold standard and your money has value again.

Return all Federal power not spelled out in the Constitution back to the States.

Get a clue people... the founding fathers had it right... and were smarter and braver than us.

They knew their Bibles, most knew several languages, and they knew history, they knew both governments and men needed restraints and this new nation would only work if people were moral (that would be the Ten Commandments with a death penalty for those who refused to be moral).

My question is this. Why does it matter if a big corporation gets tax relief? The top percentage of thoose with money are the ones that have created most of the jobs in this counntry so whats wrong with them getting some slack cut? All this BS pertaining to "THE FAIR SHARE ISSUE" that has been pushed by mostly the Democrats i sredicuales. Who's right is it to determine what that fair share is supposed to be? Other than those of wealth that were born into it which is the smaller percentage, the owners of those companies that have done extremely well shoulld be able to keep as much of the profits as they see fit. So what is the big deal?
Semper Fi

You know, you're right. People should pay for the goods and services they receive as a proportion of their net worth and income. Next time you go to Macdonald's, tell the counter server to charge you based on your income and to do the same for everybody else in the restaurant. That's only 'fair', right? The poor guy gets his big mac for a dime while the millionaire gets his for $10,000. That way we can all enjoy the same quality of life as everyone else, and nobody gets more than his 'fair share'.

Or, on the other hand, we could simply add up the bill for government spending for the year, divide that by the number of people and send each one a bill for the same amount. You know, like buying something at the store, where we all pay the same for the same things. Isn't that 'fair' too?

Of course, there is a third way, simply return government to its original purpose and function and make it pay for its operations out of tariffs like in the good old days when everyone had 'real' money in their pockets. But you wouldn't want that, would you?

My question is this. Why does it matter if a big corporation gets tax relief? The top percentage of thoose with money are the ones that have created most of the jobs in this counntry so whats wrong with them getting some slack cut? All this BS pertaining to "THE FAIR SHARE ISSUE" that has been pushed by mostly the Democrats i sredicuales. Who's right is it to determine what that fair share is supposed to be? Other than those of wealth that were born into it which is the smaller percentage, the owners of those companies that have done extremely well shoulld be able to keep as much of the profits as they see fit. So what is the big deal?
Semper Fi

2bitap, The super wealthy of this country are using their wealth to gain more power. The middle class is not keeping up with increasing expenses. If this trend continues, it won't be long before the middle class will no longer be able to retire in security, save for their children education, own a home, or any other parts of the middle class long associated with being a hard working member of the American middle and blue collar class. It ia a perfect example of the wealthy enriching themselves at the expense of the non wealthy. The rich get richer while everybody else sinks into poverty. This is unsustainable and will lead to severe problems in the not so distant future. The new tax plan is a perfect example of this trend. The tax break for the rich is permanent while the tax break for the middle class will fade to nothing in a few years.

2bitap, The super wealthy of this country are using their wealth to gain more power. The middle class is not keeping up with increasing expenses. If this trend continues, it won't be long before the middle class will no longer be able to retire in security, save for their children education, own a home, or any other parts of the middle class long associated with being a hard working member of the American middle and blue collar class. It ia a perfect example of the wealthy enriching themselves at the expense of the non wealthy. The rich get richer while everybody else sinks into poverty. This is unsustainable and will lead to severe problems in the not so distant future. The new tax plan is a perfect example of this trend. The tax break for the rich is permanent while the tax break for the middle class will fade to nothing in a few years.

My question is this. Why does it matter if a big corporation gets tax relief? The top percentage of thoose with money are the ones that have created most of the jobs in this counntry so whats wrong with them getting some slack cut? All this BS pertaining to "THE FAIR SHARE ISSUE" that has been pushed by mostly the Democrats i sredicuales. Who's right is it to determine what that fair share is supposed to be? Other than those of wealth that were born into it which is the smaller percentage, the owners of those companies that have done extremely well shoulld be able to keep as much of the profits as they see fit. So what is the big deal?
Semper Fi