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To: ksen; econjack; All

” Wow, that 70% effective top income tax rate during the 1950s must have killed the economy back then.”

Back then, you could deduct almost everything down to the suit on your back(uniform expense)


50 posted on 11/19/2012 10:50:33 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Exactly...see my later post...


56 posted on 11/19/2012 11:20:32 AM PST by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

That’s true, so what was the effective top tax rate back then?


59 posted on 11/19/2012 11:28:25 AM PST by ksen
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