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Really dishonest to put Elon Musk in the thumbnail. He literally paid the largest tax bill in history, when he could have avoided paying.
He made considerably more than 30 billion that year. That number based on the 1/3rd the working class pays.
Taxes on the rich should go back to to 70% they used to be.
There were rich people back then, just like now.
My only quibble is that I think the top marginal rate should go back at least to the 94% it was in 1944, not just 70%. In fact, I'm not sure there is any reason the top marginal rate shouldn't just be permanently set to 100%, with the only variable being how high that margin is.
Oh I absolutely agree.
I only recalled at the time that it was at one point 70%, couldn't be arsed to research further at the time for a mere online comment.
You'd damn well hope that the richest person in the world would pay the most tax
But did he pay an equal relative amount compared to the working class?