Night Strike wrote:Juan_Bottom wrote:That img doesn't say anything about the Depression or anything.
The hindsight FB guy came into the discussion in 2008 because the tax rate on the rich had fallen to a similar margin to where it was directly before the Great Depression.
Jesus Christ people.
How did those levels fall in 2008 when the cuts were passed in 2001 and 2003? What happened in the 7 and 5 years prior to the 2008 levels? If the rates were the same that whole time, why did they only become bad in 2008?
You're reading that a little too literally.
