Comment Re:Yes, I do (Score 1) 170
You could easily argue that it was a coincidence. This was also the post-WWII period, when much of Europe's industrial capability had been blasted to smithereens. There was a huge boost in demand and we were the country with the infrastructure in place to handle it.
Anyway, my point is not about the income tax rate. It's about the laughable idea that it punishes Mr. Big at the top. $90 million is nothing to the real players in and out of government who pull the strings. An absolute joke. And giving the money TO the government is just handing it to many of the same players. And the government has ZERO accountability to make productive use of the money.
And also, it's about the fact that the debt-based economy is a bigger tax than the income tax, and no one realizes it.