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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you are wrong but I'd like to see this tried, if not too catastrophic.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well the highest marginal rate ever was about 90% in the 50s and there wasn't significant capital flight at that time

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There wasn't significant movable capital either at that time.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

in the 50s‽ Yeah sure whatever ya say.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, you might have noticed that Microsoft, Google, Apple etc are the kind of companies which didn't exist back then.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

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.