[Oceander]

“new top rate of 52 percent”

And off we go, back to the past, when the top marginal rate crested at around 90%.

[Col Frank Slade]

“Should 5% appear too small, be thankful I don’t take it all”.

[Jim from C-Town]

That does not include the 15% SSI and Medicare self employment tax or the new 6.5% payroll tax or any state and local taxes that people may have to pay. That is a tax rate of federal taxes at close to 75%. Yeah, that's reasonable!