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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 09:57 PM

Bluerthanblue (13,668 posts)

10. do you also find it incredible that

the tax rate for the wealthy rose a year later to 94%?

What is the tax rate for the wealthy today- before loopholes?

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An interesting fact about the wealthy and taxes. [View all]	Bluerthanblue	Jul 2012	OP
Now that is how you win a war -- through sacrifice.	JDPriestly	Jul 2012	#1
what really hit me was the shared sacrifice and tangible things	Bluerthanblue	Jul 2012	#4
Indeed. That was an actual "war" though.	raouldukelives	Jul 2012	#24
I used to feel that way too-	Bluerthanblue	Jul 2012	#27
"after exploiting all available loopholes" -- How could the author have possible determined this?	AnotherMcIntosh	Jul 2012	#2
I'd find it hard to believe that the 1943 tax code is not documented.	Thor_MN	Jul 2012	#3
There was not a 1943 Tax Code, but there was a 1939 Tax Code which was amended.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jul 2012	#5
the same argument you are making applies to the percentages	Bluerthanblue	Jul 2012	#7
Re your question, "What is it that you are getting at?," I am getting at exactly what I said.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jul 2012	#8
do you also find it incredible that	Bluerthanblue	Jul 2012	#10
I find it to be quite logical	hfojvt	Jul 2012	#33
So you are claming that in 1943, there were absolutely no IRS regulations in place.	Thor_MN	Jul 2012	#14
I'm claiming exactly what I am claiming. You are creating a strawman when you mischaracterize	AnotherMcIntosh	Jul 2012	#16
LOL. You're the one creating a straw man.	Solomon	Jul 2012	#18
Obviously, you cannot identify any purported straw man that I created because I did not do so.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jul 2012	#21
Have you found a "1943 tax code" yet?	AnotherMcIntosh	Jul 2012	#23
there is this-	Bluerthanblue	Jul 2012	#25
That has nothing to do with whether there was a 1943 Tax Code or not.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jul 2012	#26
wtf?	Bluerthanblue	Jul 2012	#28
If you don't understand, you should read and inform yourself.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jul 2012	#31
Wow, just wow... I apologize for not stating things in your choice of language..	Thor_MN	Jul 2012	#32
when he makes the comparison between the rates paid in 43 and those paid in '04	Bluerthanblue	Jul 2012	#6
Thanks, I guess. I don't see how the source of information is the same in '43 and '04.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jul 2012	#9
the point you are making only makes my argument about	Bluerthanblue	Jul 2012	#11
Of course that is the situation. The author's credibility, imo, is somewhat undermined when he	AnotherMcIntosh	Jul 2012	#12
Every historian I know accepts that the top marginal rate during the	nadinbrzezinski	Jul 2012	#20
Unless there is someone claiming that the marginal rate was not that high and that there	AnotherMcIntosh	Jul 2012	#22
K&R Estate Tax was changed in 1943 as well. The rich have hated America for a long time. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Jul 2012	#13
WW2 was a true "survivor" struggle across both the Atlantic and Pacific....	dmosh42	Jul 2012	#15
I can't speak for WWII	Sgent	Jul 2012	#17
We were also drafting their kids.	aquart	Jul 2012	#19
Ding, ding , ding ...	dtom67	Jul 2012	#29
They're asking for it ...	dtom67	Jul 2012	#30

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