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Re:Researchers are racing to find out why methane levels are... by simonh on Saturday September 21, 2019 @06:57PM (#21038420)
The smartest people in the most productive professions are above average earners. How is taxing them into the ground going to attract them?
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Re:Researchers are racing to find out why methane levels are... by Jeff_Brown on Saturday September 21, 2019 @07:06PM (#21038464)
Taxing them into the ground would indeed be a bad idea. It's a question of levels. Tax rates in the 20th century for 55 years were above 50%, and for 45 of those were above 70%[1]. You get a lot more for being in the US than a certain tax rate.

[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historical_Marginal_...

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