"Because they can afford it" part 2

This quote from the Tax Foundation was mentioned in the previous posting:

• The top-earning 25 percent of taxpayers (AGI over $64,702) earned 68.2 percent of the nation's income, but they paid more than four out of every five dollars collected by the federal income tax (86.3 percent).

Another way of looking at that: Four guys go out for dinner, one guy is forced to pay for everyone's meal, while the other three agree to pay the tip. But they complain about it and would really prefer it next time if the first guy pay for most--if not all--of the tip next time, too.

They think it'd be fair, too, since he makes ten times what any one of them makes. And besides, his steak was better than theirs (probably because he stole the best steak from them while they were taking a smoke break).