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sandensea

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5. Excellent chart. One for the bookmarks.

Reply to JHB (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 5, 2019, 09:32 AM

Feb 2019

Note the top marginal rate in the late '80s: the same for any income above $57,000 (in today's dollars!).

The very image of unfairness, which is why Republicans love it - especially the ones earning less than that, amazingly.

Thank you for posting this.

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Oh Dan Crenshaw... [View all] rownesheck Feb 2019 OP

Hyper intelligent?f Loki Liesmith Feb 2019 #1

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Excellent chart. One for the bookmarks. sandensea Feb 2019 #5

That's the 1986 Tax Deform they were harkening back to... JHB Feb 2019 #7

Plus with that lisp of his. sandensea Feb 2019 #8

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