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jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts) Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:11 PM Jan 2019

The top marginal tax rate: 1945 94% Roosevelt 1957 91% Eisenhower 1964 77% Johnson 1973 70% Nixon

For the last time, a 70% top marginal tax rate is not a "far-left idea." It was the longstanding American tradition until Reagan.

The top marginal tax rate:

1945: 94% (Roosevelt)
1957: 91% (Eisenhower)
1964: 77% (Johnson)
1973: 70% (Nixon)
1986: 50% (Reagan)
2018: 37% (Trump)

In the 50s our Dad came home from WW2 went to college on GI bill, got a loan for a house, married Mom had 7 kids...we had roads, we had public schools, the country worked and folks thrived.

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The top marginal tax rate: 1945 94% Roosevelt 1957 91% Eisenhower 1964 77% Johnson 1973 70% Nixon (Original Post) jodymarie aimee Jan 2019 OP

The rich are too soft now HAB911 Jan 2019 #1

HAB911

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1. The rich are too soft now

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Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:13 PM

Jan 2019

GOP Gov. Matt Bevin (KY jelly) says so

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