The 91 Percent Solution
There’s such a blizzard of misinformation out there that it’s hard to pick
any one thing to single out, but David Frum picks
up on one bit from the Paul/Paul show: the remarkable way many on the right
now portray the postwar years of prosperity as a triumph of libertarian
principles.
Yeah, it was a libertarian paradise all right — with a top marginal tax rate of 91 percent, a third of the work force in unions, and a minimum wage much higher relative to the average wage than it is today.
Propose a return to those conditions now, and everyone on the right would predict utter disaster. What we actually had was unprecedented prosperity.
Yeah, it was a libertarian paradise all right — with a top marginal tax rate of 91 percent, a third of the work force in unions, and a minimum wage much higher relative to the average wage than it is today.
Propose a return to those conditions now, and everyone on the right would predict utter disaster. What we actually had was unprecedented prosperity.
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