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Originally Posted by saden1
During 1944 and 1945 the the highest tax bracket was 94% and from 1951 to 1963 it was around 91% to 92%. |
On a side note, the top rate in Britain was 95% for many years. Hence the line from
Taxman - "There's one for you, nineteen for me..."
What I want to know is how much of this bailout money is winding up overseas? Obviously, all this bailout money goes to AIG and then goes right back out again to cover claims by entities that got swamped by the Securities meltdown. If it's the Chinese (or the English or Libyans or Whoever), I say "Tough Shit. Next time dig some wells or something. Build a school or a road with your trade-imbalance lucre. In fact the same goes for hedge funds, union pension funds, grandmas life savings - screw you. You gambled, you lost. Next time give the money to the poor like you're supossed to.