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Callie1979

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36. The corporate tax rate wasnt even CLOSE to 90% under Ike.

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 10:20 AM

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Your meme may be thinking about the personal rate; but even then no one paid that rate. The effective "highest rate" was less than half that. Because at that time very few people earned the level of income required to hit 90%. And even those people didnt pay it' we had TONS more deductions back then

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The corporate tax rate wasnt even CLOSE to 90% under Ike. Callie1979 13 hrs ago #36

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