I came across the data below today and I thought I would
share it. I certainly don’t claim any strong expertise in tax and economic
policy, but I have a fairly good “bologna detector” and when I hear people
claim with metaphysical certainty that any kind of increase in taxes on upper
income earners is bad for economic growth and job creation my detector goes
off. I always wonder how people who believe that explain the extraordinarily
high tax rates for upper income Americans during times of great economic growth
and high employment. Consider this data from the Congressional Research Service and the IRS and remember it the next time you here people speak with uncompromising certainty of the danger to job creation of higher income rates on the wealthiest among us:
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