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by revnode 1506 days ago
Bobby gave Lisa $10. Lisa then gave $3 to Uncle Sam. What percentage of Bobby's money went to Uncle Sam? 30%. It's that simple. Bobby gave Uncle Sam 30% of his money.
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If you use that logic, 100% of Bobby's money goes to Uncle Sam after a long enough chain of transactions.
We can stop at 3rd parties. That's reasonable enough.