• BeautifulMind ♾️@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is where it’s time to revisit why and how the economy fared so well in the USA when high top marginal tax rates incentivized top earners (and business owners) to spend on things that got them something when the alternative was paying 90% on money above the line to be in that bracket.

    When that money was spent on higher wages or hiring more people or funding pensions or on research & development, the result was growth and a prosperous middle class. The super-wealthy were still super-wealthy, the major difference was that high top marginal tax rates created incentives for them to spend their money in ways that actually did trickle down

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      1 year ago

      Indeed, “use it or lose it” versus “keep it and we presume you might use it… one day”