If you don't
understand the Politicians version of tax refunds, maybe this will help explain it:
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 a group of Congressional members stopped
them and suggested that they send out the ticket refunds based on the political
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 that had purchased the most expensive tickets. This,
according to the politicians, is considered totally unfair. A decision was then
made to pay out the refunds in this manner:
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.
People in the $25 seats will get back $25, because it "seems
fair." 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.
People in the $75 luxury box seats
will each have to pay an additional $25 because it's the "right thing to do."
People walking past the stadium that 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. Sometimes this is known as Affirmative Action.
Now do you
understand?
