Progressive Taxes and MarioKart

This is brilliant. Bullets are the equivalent of food stamps and rent assistance. It allows people to improve quickly, but simply getting a bullet does not mean you will win, especially in the third lap.

Blue shells are the equivalent of tax rates of 40-50%, which we used to have. You are thrown back a little bit, but you are not totally ruined. You can still win the game after getting a blue shell.

Love it.