Sep 27, 2017 ... The GOP has historically claimed reducing the top tax rate will ... an option for an  additional tax rate bracket for the richest Americans. ... tax code … does not shift  the tax burden from high-income to lower- and middle-income taxpayers. ....  budget reconciliation, the tax rate cuts were set to expire in 10 years.
Dec 6, 2012 ... Higher tax rates on the wealthy, we're told, would help balance the budget, allow  for ... True enough, the top marginal income-tax rate in the 1950s was much  higher ... These Americans paid about 35% of all income taxes. ... In 1958, even  the lowest-tier filers, which included everyone making up to $5,000 ...
Income inequality in the United States is the extent to which income is distributed  in an uneven ...... They argue that wealthy Americans are receiving higher pay,  but they spend less per dollar earned than middle class consumers, the majority  of ...... This reverses a long-term trend of lower tax rates for upper income persons .
In the 1950s and 1960s, when the economy was booming, the wealthiest  Americans ... Taxing investment income at a much lower rate than salaries and  wages are taxed ... we should ask millionaires to pay a tax rate at least as high  their secretary's. .... Reports · ATF in the News · Donate · Contact · Privacy Policy ·  Terms.
Oct 31, 2017 ... This conventional account points to top marginal tax rates that were over 90  percent for the wealthiest Americans in the 1950s, and remained at ...
In terms of the wealthiest Americans, we're at the lowest tax rate since the 1950s.