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Old 06-02-2017, 01:44 PM
MrPots MrPots is offline
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Originally Posted by whell View Post
Oh yeah. Its a lie to suggest that the US could return to a 3% growth rate, even though 3% was the average GDP growth rate during the 40 years between 1966 and 2006.
1966 - 1901 the top tax rate was almost 70%, then it dropped to 50% for awhile, then it dropped further and growth stalled. What does that say? Well, it says that the claim of cutting tax rates for the top 10% will stimulate the economy is pure bullshit.

http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/sites...historical.pdf
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