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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is no doubt that the US population fared best, when most of the economy revolved around manufacturing

Was that back when the top marginal tax rate was over 90% and the effective corporate tax rate was over 50%?

I wonder why the population fared best back then... Oh well, I guess we'll never know. It must have been due to there being manufacturing jobs, right? Yeah lets just say that.