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minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI think you are wrong but I’d like to see this tried, if not too catastrophic.
minus-squarePhlubbaDubba@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWell the highest marginal rate ever was about 90% in the 50s and there wasn’t significant capital flight at that time
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThere wasn’t significant movable capital either at that time.
minus-squarePhlubbaDubba@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoin the 50s‽ Yeah sure whatever ya say.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYes, you might have noticed that Microsoft, Google, Apple etc are the kind of companies which didn’t exist back then.
I think you are wrong but I’d like to see this tried, if not too catastrophic.
Well the highest marginal rate ever was about 90% in the 50s and there wasn’t significant capital flight at that time
There wasn’t significant movable capital either at that time.
in the 50s‽ Yeah sure whatever ya say.
Yes, you might have noticed that Microsoft, Google, Apple etc are the kind of companies which didn’t exist back then.