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The UK tax system explained… using beer

Adapted from a post by David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D, Professor of Economics, University of Georgia:
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) [...]

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