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minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoI think you are wrong but I’d like to see this tried, if not too catastrophic.
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoWell the highest marginal rate ever was about 90% in the 50s and there wasn’t significant capital flight at that time
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThere wasn’t significant movable capital either at that time.
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoin the 50s‽ Yeah sure whatever ya say.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoYes, you might have noticed that Microsoft, Google, Apple etc are the kind of companies which didn’t exist back then.
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoYeah, instead there was a bunch of fruit companies, IBM, and GM. The most bloated corporate valuation in history was the South Sea Company, and that fiasco went down in the 1700s.
I think you are wrong but I’d like to see this tried, if not too catastrophic.
Well the highest marginal rate ever was about 90% in the 50s and there wasn’t significant capital flight at that time
There wasn’t significant movable capital either at that time.
in the 50s‽ Yeah sure whatever ya say.
Yes, you might have noticed that Microsoft, Google, Apple etc are the kind of companies which didn’t exist back then.
Yeah, instead there was a bunch of fruit companies, IBM, and GM.
The most bloated corporate valuation in history was the South Sea Company, and that fiasco went down in the 1700s.