Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.00 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 man would pay $1. The sixth man 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...
