• Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Well the highest marginal rate ever was about 90% in the 50s and there wasn’t significant capital flight at that time

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      9 months ago

      There wasn’t significant movable capital either at that time.

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          9 months ago

          Yes, you might have noticed that Microsoft, Google, Apple etc are the kind of companies which didn’t exist back then.

          • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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            9 months ago

            Yeah, instead there was a bunch of fruit companies, IBM, and GM.

            The most bloated corporate valuation in history was the South Sea Company, and that fiasco went down in the 1700s.