The Hand Analogy

The tax system should be as simple as possible, and no simpler.

ClampIt was designed with this maxim in mind.

Count Your Fingers
Why do we count to ten? There are many abstract ideas in life with a basis on a very common thing: your hand. Indeed, as our counting system is based on the number of fingers each human being has, so it is with the ClampIt amendment. In the following paragraphs, the only calculator you will need is right in front of you. You will see that the math in the ClampIt amendment is easy enough for anyone to see exactly what is going on.

The Hand
First, let's take a look at a hand. It is composed of a palm with five fingers. Each finger is both independent and connected to the center. In just such a way is ClampIt composed. Taxes are collected, funneled into each person's hand, and distributed equally to each of five funds, just like each finger.
 * The first finger represents your Federal government.
 * The second finger represents your Individual entitlements like social security and health care.
 * The third finger is your State government
 * The next is your Charity account (the things you give away to anyone but yourself).
 * The last is your Local government.

This spells out FISCAL and is how each citizen's tax is distributed to each government entity or purpose.

The Handshake
When two people come together and make a deal, such as a purchase or an agreement to perform work, they will often shake hands. In the ClampIt limited tax system, this is a good analogy to how taxes are split on every sale. Each person has one hand with five fingers. That leaves a total of ten fingers, and that is exactly the number of accounts the taxes will go to as a result of the deal. Half the taxes will go to each person's "hand," and one fifth of each person's half will go to each "finger."