“The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him.”
So the 9 remaining drinkers hired the local bounty hunter to go out and drag the 10th man back at the point of a gun!
They don’t need to hire a bounty hunter. They elect a liberal, and the liberals pass a law mandating the purchase of beer. If the rich guy doesn’t buy the beer the goverment wants, they are forced to pay a tax, which is used to pay the bill for the poor people’s beer.