SoCalDem
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Wed Nov-30-11 03:18 PM
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Top Marginal tax rates (1920-2008) |
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Edited on Wed Nov-30-11 03:23 PM by SoCalDem
http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977623449and this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Revenue_ServiceA copy of the very first IRS 1040 form, dated 1913, can be found at the IRS website showing that only those with incomes of $3,000 or more were instructed to file (the equivalent of $68,612 in 2011 adjusted for inflation).
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Wed Nov-30-11 03:20 PM
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1. Except the Bush tax cuts were extended, not rolled back, so that last upward jog in the graph didn't |
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Wed Nov-30-11 03:22 PM
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2. Look at just prior to great depression |
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Wed Nov-30-11 03:45 PM
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3. think tank has great artIcle on this! Golden Age of Truman etc explained |
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Wed Nov-30-11 03:47 PM
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4. main cause of the Debt charted |
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Edited on Wed Nov-30-11 03:56 PM by sam11111
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