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Dem4life1970

(638 posts) Sun Dec 8, 2024, 03:56 PM Dec 8

Bring back the 1950s... [View all]

...no, not the racism, misogyny, and all around ugliness that Trump and the Trump party represent, but
bring back the effective tax rates. Under (R) Pres. Eisenhower, you had a 91% top marginal income tax rate,
and no one called him a "communist, marxist, socialist, etc."

Bring back the days when 1 income could support an entire family of 4 or 5.

I wish the GOP and average, middle class and yes, working class Republicans could realize that the GOP does not have their best interests at heart.

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Bring back the 1950s... [View all] Dem4life1970 Dec 8 OP

Argh! Mossfern Dec 8 #1

Damn, I loved my crinolines. But, you're right, they do have a point. A really important one. What happened? Biophilic Dec 8 #6

Well, if we're just having fun Lulu KC Dec 8 #2

You could see the smoke swirling up from Brinkley's ashtray while he was reporting the news. Good times. jalan48 Dec 8 #7

Yes--because smoking was good for you! Lulu KC Dec 8 #9

I got a 50's Life Magazine at a garage sale that had an ad with Ronald Reagan smoking a Camel cigarette. jalan48 Dec 8 #10

Oh man... those were the days. calimary Jan 5 #11

Yes! And the intro music--Beethoven's 9th symphony Lulu KC Jan 5 #12

Did you look at your chart? It goes against your OP WarGamer Dec 8 #3

According to that data, the top 1% are paying a much higher amount of the total taxes collected then they were back then MichMan Dec 8 #4

K&R! SheltieLover Dec 8 #5

Ask for the 1950s, get the 1850s 0rganism Dec 8 #8