If you were a Republican what period would you say was America's most productive

[Winterblues]

and had the best economy. Would it be fair to say that whatever period you say, the tax rate for the wealthy was far more than it is now? What does that tell you?

[TheCoxwain]

1. Hey .. you dont ask "Gotcha" questions to Repulicans

you ask them >>

1) are taxes good?
2) are gays good?


and watch them rattle off

[rurallib]

2. I am guessing 1880 - 1901 when Roosevelt took over.

[jwirr]

7. That is what I was thinking also.

[Ian David]

3. They would say World War II.

Which is when the government SOCIALIZED EVERYTHING and the workforce was full of WOMEN.

[Turbineguy]

4. We just finished

the last 18 glorious months of the Bush economic miracle.

[lumberjack_jeff]

5. If I was a Republican, I'd say that the last 8 years was the most productive.

I think we confuse what they consider good with what normal people consider good at our peril.

[Motown_Johnny]

6. Eisenhower era, because I am a stupid puke and don't know the top rate was 91% back then

http://www.ctj.org/pdf/regcg.pdf

1951-64 91% 200,000 25% Exclusion 50% > 6 months; 25% maximum


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower

Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961

[geomon666]

8. The Reagan years.

You know they're going to say it. They worship that old evil bitch.

[catnhatnh]

9. Obviously when indentured servitude was common...

and judges were willing to enforce contracts.

ETA: Back when workers knew their place, and their place was sweating in the field, or else in the place republicans called "gaol".....