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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlattening the Curve (It's NOT the one you expect.)
Watch how the ultra-wealthy in America gradually raised the taxes of the poor and eventually bent the curve downward until they paid the lowest tax rate of all
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Flattening the Curve (It's NOT the one you expect.) (Original Post)
MelissaB
May 2020
OP
Our original Revolutions was based on similar antics by the ruling class. Maybe we need a re-boot.
abqtommy
May 2020
#4
Spot on graphics. A picture is worth a thousand words. Excellent post. Thanks.
c-rational
May 2020
#5
An important graph. They couldn't care less if the president was an ax murderer.
dalton99a
May 2020
#7
Karadeniz
(22,510 posts)1. Great graph...and pathetic!
chowder66
(9,067 posts)2. Gross.
And it is a great graph. Thank yo for posting it.
nocoincidences
(2,218 posts)3. That is pathetic.
I don't understand why we haven't had a second American Revolution.
Taxes is what brought about the first one...why not now!???
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)4. Our original Revolutions was based on similar antics by the ruling class. Maybe we need a re-boot.
c-rational
(2,590 posts)5. Spot on graphics. A picture is worth a thousand words. Excellent post. Thanks.
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)6. I got a pantry full of tea bags ... itching to be used! n/t
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)7. An important graph. They couldn't care less if the president was an ax murderer.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)8. Last couple of tax cuts need to be reversed, but top 20% of earners pay over 80%
of income taxes. More than anything, we need a tough estate tax and increase in capital gains tax.
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)9. It goes down during GOP POTUS years...
No surprises there.
Hamlette
(15,411 posts)10. this literally makes me sick
horrid
burrowowl
(17,639 posts)11. Kick!
And they the plutocrats got the 'People' to vote for it.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)12. Excellent find, thank you! (nt)
hvn_nbr_2
(6,486 posts)13. This should be in ads. nt