DAN--IVE DONE SOME CHECKING ON THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN TAX RATES---ON 6 DIFFERENT SITES-----IF YOU SIMPLY TYPE ON -----HISTORY OF AMERICAN TAX RATES YOU WILL FIND THIS-----------------MY RESEARCH IS NOT COMMENSURATE WITH YOUR- RATES YOU PROVIDED-------------ILL STAND BY MY STATEMENT OF HAVING LOW TAX RATES ---AFTER THE BUSH TAX CUTS FOR APROX A DECADE-------WHICH WERE EXTREMELY LOW BY OUR HISTORICAL STANDARDS- AND HELPED TO CREATE THIS DEFICIT WE R IN---------SO TELL THE TRUTH--AND SHAME THE DEVIL--------PAINT THE REAL PICTURE--DAN--------------HERE GOES-------------FROM 1940----THRU 1963-------THE TOP TAX RATES RANGED FROM 81------TO 91 PERCENT------------THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND-------------------------------FROM 1964---TO 1980----------THE RATES WERE APROX 70 PERCENT----THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT--------------------------FROM 1981-----TO 1986-----THE RATE WAS 50 PERCENT-----------THINK ABOUT THAT---------------NOW WE GET INTO SOME TAX BREAK YEARS------------------FROM 1993------TILL THE YEAR 2002----38 OR 39 PERCENT----------IN THE PAST DECADE----OR SINCE 2003-------THE RATE WAS 35 PERCENT-----------------------------------VERY VERY VERY VERY LOW BY HISTORICAL STANDARDS---- ON TOP OF THAT-----THERE ARE WAY WAY WAY MORE LOOPHOLES TODAY THEN IN DECADES GONE BY----WAY MORE WAYS TO HIDE MONEY------------HENCE--YOU SEE---ROMNEY PAYING 14 PERCENT------LOWER THAN MOST SECREATARIES--------------------------------I REST MY CASE-----------
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This post was edited on 3/5 11:26 AM by Beefer.