Unfortunately, there are plenty of socialists who would like nothing more than to raise taxes. The top rate under FDR was 95%. There are many people who would LOVE to tax the rich at 95% - even though it only causes them to leave the country or stop being as productive - which costs jobs.

It's like when the Democrats started heavily taxing yachts - well, once they did that, the rich stopped buying as many yachts. As a result, all the middle class people who had been working in the manufacturing of yachts LOST THEIR JOBS. The tax was repealed when all of these people started telling their stories in public and complaining.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. People may think raising taxes is a good idea, but you are a slave precisely to the degree in which you are taxed. If you're taxed at 50%, then you're half a slave.

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