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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFDR Taxed The Rich - Remember?
From 69% to 18% today.
https://flaglerlive.com/26685/gc-fdr-and-taxes/
Making rich people pay taxes used to not be crazy cray cray.
But who was Roosevelt?
Having 30 TRILLION in national debt is so cool.
Wake the f up folks. Its almost too late....
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Food?
Not so much.
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kurtcagle
(1,601 posts)FDR was considered a class traitor by the wealthy, to the extent that they have been trying to overturn his legacy for the last eighty years.
Demsrule86
(68,348 posts)socialist...read up on it...running on raising taxes is never a good idea politically although in terms of policy, we need to fix the inequality by raising taxes after we win. Most folks believe that any raise in taxes will hurt them...
Walleye
(30,721 posts)Greedy people are going to try and get as much money as they can even if it means high taxes. The overall economy improves when rich people get taxed more. And a higher minimum wage does not cause higher unemployment.
CousinIT
(9,151 posts)tblue37
(64,979 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,686 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,686 posts)Take a look and be amazed at why the U.S. can't do anything anymore.
chia
(2,235 posts)MichMan
(11,787 posts)Zero deductions of any kind allowed. No mortgage interest, SALT, nothing.
WyattKansas
(1,648 posts)It's not that they actually paid those high percentages that so many people gasp at and feel is unfair... The government was forcing them to invest the money back into the economy by investing in America and the American People to retain ownership of that wealth. Wealthy name foundations did not magically appear back then on their own. Once people really understand that it forces the wealthy to invest in America and the American People while keeping ownership of their wealth, they finally really understand how the wealthy have been screwing this country for decades. And why Funds popped up on Wall Street to screw the lower classes even more.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)It would be an improvement over the travesty we see now.
FakeNoose
(32,350 posts)Ike was the last good Republican.
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)Back when the gov't was a little more fiscally responsible.
We do need to increase marginal rates on the wealthy, but no need for confiscatory rates.