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Re:You Can't Soak the Rich by epi0Bauqu on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @02:03PM (#195086)
Interesting regardless of your politics.

Summary chart: http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/ED-AH556B_ranso_200...

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Re:You Can't Soak the Rich by chris_l on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @02:42PM (#195131)
Ok, maybe I missed something, but what exactly does the blue curve show?
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Re:You Can't Soak the Rich by epi0Bauqu on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @02:43PM (#195133)
The top marginal tax rate.

Yes, it was 90%+ for a while: http://www.truthandpolitics.org/top-rates.php

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Re:You Can't Soak the Rich by chris_l on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @03:01PM (#195150)
Wow, that's some variation there. As a foreigner I always saw the US as a country of low taxes, I guess that's not the whole story.
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