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pampango

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15. And the upper tax bracket was 90%.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 07:25 PM

Dec 2013

I think raising that rate is more important than the corporate rate. Lots of progressive countries have corporate rates similar to the US. What makes them different is that their personal income taxes are highly progressive.

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in 1952 [View all] xchrom Dec 2013 OP

In 1945 it was just less than half. K&R Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #1

Also in 1952, there were no homeless even among Cleita Dec 2013 #2

Interesting, do you have a link to a source for that? HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #6

I lived through those days and I never saw a ragged person Cleita Dec 2013 #10

In the 50's and early 60'We called them "bums". There was a "bum" camp along an abandoned rail spur HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #16

Those were hobos and they liked the lifestyle. Cleita Dec 2013 #17

I'm not sure they were hobos...at least by traditional definitions I don't know how HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #18

In my day either you were a hobo or you were a skid row bum, yet even Cleita Dec 2013 #21

But a lot of the mentally ill were warehoused against their will in hospitals n/t n2doc Dec 2013 #8

Maybe the against their will was wrong, but there were beds available that Cleita Dec 2013 #11

True n2doc Dec 2013 #14

Why would forced incarceration in jail be preferable to forced up Cleita Dec 2013 #19

It is clearly worse n2doc Dec 2013 #20

Our President said that corporate taxes are too high. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #3

him and a lot of our 'overlords'. they have reached consensus. nt xchrom Dec 2013 #4

What I've heard him say repeatedly is that the corporate tax rate is too high. It should be reduced, okaawhatever Dec 2013 #12

I do not trust "centrist" Democrats to actually increase corporate revenue Enthusiast Dec 2013 #22

Brilliant idea for a poster. Interesting to see the stats across the G20. snagglepuss Dec 2013 #5

One of the few good things in "the good old days" progressoid Dec 2013 #7

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #9

I don't understand the wording. The first sentence includes "all revenue" the second sentence okaawhatever Dec 2013 #13

And the upper tax bracket was 90%. pampango Dec 2013 #15

and what was the unemployment rate? treestar Dec 2013 #23