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Re:A majority of Americans support raising the top tax rate ... by thatoneuser on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:13PM (#18925323)
The 90s had a lot of factors that led to economic expansion. Do you have data/research that explicitly links tax rates to that expansion? The numbers don't seem to add up like that to me.
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Re:A majority of Americans support raising the top tax rate ... by bryanlarsen on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:36PM (#18925574)
The OP didn't say the expansion was caused by the increase in marginal tax rates.

The coincidence does falsify the argument that raising tax rates would prevent economic expansion.

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Re:A majority of Americans support raising the top tax rate ... by thatoneuser on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @06:47PM (#18926826)
It doesn't falsify that at all.
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