2011-03-07 11:52![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
digitaldiscipline
digitaldisciplineYou know how all those fiscal and social conservatives want to return to the good old days, right after WWII, that their nostalgia has tinted sepia and recast as a time of goodness and innocence?
I am for it, at least as far as taxation and income distribution are concerned.
That's right, guys; you're pining for the days of an 80%+ differential tax rate on the highest income.
... and yet have been doing nothing but calling me and the folks with whom I agree a "socialist" and "wealth redistributor" because we've suggested something in the 40-50% range.
But don't just take my word for it. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/01/us-taxation-public-finance
I am for it, at least as far as taxation and income distribution are concerned.
That's right, guys; you're pining for the days of an 80%+ differential tax rate on the highest income.
... and yet have been doing nothing but calling me and the folks with whom I agree a "socialist" and "wealth redistributor" because we've suggested something in the 40-50% range.
But don't just take my word for it. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/01/us-taxation-public-finance
