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You know that old saw about the economy doing better under Democratic presidents?
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sekker wrote:
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And the highest rate of growth of the middle class etc was during Eisenhower, when tax rates could be as high as 90%.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/20...senhower-/
And the massive post war economic boom that saw all that production turned to civilian uses, AND the fact that most other nations industries had been destroyed.
We are in a massive global rebuild, too, moving from fossil fuels to renewables and recovering from the worst pandemic in a century.
Yes, but back then we were leading. Not anymore.
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Re: You know that old saw about the economy doing better under Democratic presidents? - by Speedy - 02-03-2021, 01:39 AM

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