When I was born, Dwight Eisenhower was President. The top marginal tax rate was 91%. The top corporate rate was 52%. The national debt was $276 billion and didn't reach $300 billion until I was five years old. It didn't hit $400 billion until I was 14. The rich were still rich, and the rich still got richer every year. We had enough money to pay for the construction of an interstate highway system, raise the minimum wage, create the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and in many states you could get a college education without a student loan. We balanced the budget three times under Ike, and despite the fact that the Democrats had a majority in both houses of Congress during Ike's entire term, there were a total of two cloture votes, and both of them failed. There were zero filibusters, and almost every person Eisenhower nominated to any office was confirmed.
Ah, the "good old days". Maybe if the Republicans wanted to take us back to 1958 instead of 1858 we might have something here. 
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