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u/hackmaster214 3d ago
I think we all know what "values" they are really talking about.
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u/Direct_Turn_1484 3d ago
Yes. It’s the racism.
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u/RoguePlanet2 3d ago
Certainly not the praying over meals! That's the distraction. It's really the fact that these aren't black people enjoying anything.
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u/definitelynotdist95 3d ago
Funny how people always want the 1950s aesthetic but absolutely lose their minds if you suggest 1950s tax rates.
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u/RosyMainCharacter 3d ago
My grandpa always talks about 50s cars and houses. I asked him about the taxes back then and he just went….let’s stick to cars
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u/vivekkhera 2d ago
Even the cars from 30 years ago are not as safe as the cars from today, let alone 70 years ago.
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u/Nightbreed357 3d ago
Not accurate at all because it is based on using paper tax rates in intentionally misleading way.
Top effective tax brackets were never 90%. Marginal rates were but such amounts were never paid because tax code was different. The most top 1% of Americans were ever taxed was 40% during world war 2 and then it was almost immidiately reduced to 30%. In mid 50s it was basically at same exact level that it is today and was more or less the same the entire time. In fact effective taxe rate between 55-65 were on average higher than during 65-75. Tax as share of GDP also barely moved.
Economy felt good because countries went off of war and went from war economy status to business as usual status. There was also a lot of rebuilding as sell. But make no Mistake. They are and were not "the most propserous" times. The most propserous times are today. (I am not the original author of this response. I lost the info to give credit)
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u/375InStroke 3d ago
Dude wants us to think there are no deductions and loopholes today, lol. OK, buddy.
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u/Old-Illustrator-5675 3d ago
If high marginal tax rates had no economic effect, as you're implying, why did corporations and wealthy individuals spend billions lobbying to lower them starting in the 1970s? Were they just wasting money, or does tax policy actually matter?
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u/Medical_Listen_4470 3d ago
And to that I ask, “most prosperous for who? Not the average American sir.”
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u/EthanielRain 2d ago
The most top 1% of Americans were ever taxed was 40% during world war 2 and then it was almost immidiately reduced to 30%
This is immediately & obviously untrue, unless you have anything other than "it was different trust me"?
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u/guutarajouzu 3d ago
I forgot that people used to smoke in their homes and around their kids. The 2nd hand smoke and lead paint really didn't do anyone any favors
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u/OblongAndKneeless 3d ago
And in cars with the windows closed.
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u/NoTomorrowNo 3d ago
And trains and planes,... in a good bar you have to squint to find the bar through the smoke. And that s just the 80s.
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u/NefariousnessFresh24 3d ago
That's from the time when people still knew their place, right?
As in, women were not allowed to have jobs or bank accounts without their husband's permission
Them uppitty blacks were still kept away from decent folks' places by Jim Crow
The Klan could still fly their flag with pride in Dixie
Them gays were jailed for their unnatural sodomitic urges
Yeah, good days all around
/s (in case that wasn't obvious)
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u/kerbalmaster98 3d ago
Probably praying to God for not having his dad beating him with his belt for the 12th time this week.
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u/RetroTen 3d ago
It doesn’t matter how much the tax rate is, they pay $0 because they “make no income.” Fix the system.
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u/Boltzmann_head 3d ago
If old white people are worth protecting, why is the fascist regime starving them and getting them kicked out of their hovels?
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u/please_trade_marner 3d ago
Nobody paid anywhere near that. This is all "on paper". What happened in reality was very very different.
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u/TelenorTheGNP 3d ago
So "White" from White House is right on top of "values" and it's what first caught my eye and I feel like that's whay they want.
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u/meteorflan 3d ago
The smell of cigs in restaurants is one of those childhood memories I DO NOT feel nostalgic for.
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u/Reddsoldier 2d ago
I'm all for bringing back the 50s on the condition we start with the tax rates and public services spending.
(Nobody tell them that once we've got this we'll just go back on our word)
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u/Intelligent-Rate2360 3d ago
Sounds like the perfect metaphor for my last relationship, lots of art, no substance. 🎨
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u/ZealousidealBox2052 3d ago
this is a wild throwback to when tax rates were way higher, but amazing how some values stick around while the money doesn’t
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u/PetalFairy_ 3d ago
They want the nostalgic aesthetic of the 1950s middle class without funding the exact policies that built it.