(Boy, I hate top-posting, but I'm feeling too lazy to re-align this whole sub-thread.)

I mean that we hear people complain all the time about how high taxes are in this country, when in fact, they used to be much higher, _especially_ for those at the top end of the income scale.

Tamar

>Sorry, I can't figure out what was your idea. Do you mean that taxes were higher that time?
>
>>Yeah, I think we flattened the whole thing some years back, reducing the number of brackets. But still, the idea that at some point, we had a marginal tax rate of 91% for anyone, even it was only a fraction of a percent.
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>>Tamar
>>
>>>That's misleading. I looked it up and it was only effective for those making taxible income over 400,000 a year... Back then, there were very few making that amount so it didn't impact the average American. In fact, it probably still wouldn't..
>>>
>>>(Source is from the snopes article)
>>>
>>>http://staff.jccc.edu/swilson/businessmath/fit.htm
>>>and
>>>http://www.truthandpolitics.org/top-rates.php
>>>
>>>
>>>>The bottom tax bracket for federal income tax in 1955 was 20%, the lowest that rate had been since 1943. The highest tax bracket had first exceeded 50% as far back as 1932, and it was an astounding (by modern standards) 91% in 1955.
>>>>
>>>>Take that, those who think taxes are too high today.
>>>>
>>>>Tamar