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With Tax Day just around the corner, it is a good time to put post-WWII top marginal tax rate into context. Many find it hard to believe that the top rate was 91% during the Eisenhower years. No, that didn’t mean that high earners paid a 91% tax on all of their income. Take the More

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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Sylvia Allegretto.

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