"The "Tax the Hated Corporations" fallacy:
Businesses don't pay taxes --
businesses *collect* taxes from --
(are you ready?)
(you've probably guessed it already)
Thee 'n me...."
One of my friends uses a wonderful analogy when told that the government should tax someone specifically. He replies "Pump the water out of the other guy's side of the lake."
" "Pump the water out of the other guy's side of the lake." "
Priceless!!
May I borrow that to use in my "discussions" with economic illiterates? (Sadly, some 99% of my acqaintances...)