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Re:Six Months into Tariffs, Businesses Have No Idea How to P... by burnerthrow008 on Saturday August 30, 2025 @11:12PM (#45080043)
> In the middle of the 1900s, the tax rate on the wealthiest Americans was 91%

You forgot to mention that only half of capital gains were subject to tax. So the highest marginal rate was 45.5%.

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Re:Six Months into Tariffs, Businesses Have No Idea How to P... by jibal on Sunday August 31, 2025 @12:43AM (#45080431)
The maximum effective rate on long-term capital gains was 45.5% but the top marginal rate on ordinary income was 91%.

In any case, this is all a major deflection resulting from the lie that the low job creation rate is due to "the threat" of a possible future mayor rather than tariffs.

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