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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Federal Minimum vs Maximum Wage Day

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I'm all for reinstating the maximum wage!

Posted by: Karlo | Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 02:58 PM

The United States actually once had a President who proposed what amounted to a maximum wage. Back in 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to enact a 100 percent top tax rate on annual individual income over $25,000, about $315,000 in today's dollars.

Congress didn't buy FDR's 100 percent top marginal rate. But lawmakers did set the top rate at 94 percent on income over $200,000, and that rate would hover around 90 percent for the next two decades, years that would see the greatest period of middle class prosperity in U.S. history.

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Federal Minimum vs Maximum Wage Day

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I'm all for reinstating the maximum wage!

Posted by: Karlo | Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 02:58 PM

The United States actually once had a President who proposed what amounted to a maximum wage. Back in 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to enact a 100 percent top tax rate on annual individual income over $25,000, about $315,000 in today's dollars.

Congress didn't buy FDR's 100 percent top marginal rate. But lawmakers did set the top rate at 94 percent on income over $200,000, and that rate would hover around 90 percent for the next two decades, years that would see the greatest period of middle class prosperity in U.S. history.

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    "The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property."

    The Bush Administration is such an un-natural disaster, it warrants a "signal of dire distress" for the nation, for all Americans & for our future. McCain-Palin just represent more of the same failed policies.

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    "War is a rackett"--Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps, 1881 - 1940, Double recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
    I'm inclined to agree.--DA
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    "Many of those who want to rush this country into war and think it would be so quick and easy don't know anything about war. They come at it from an intellectual perspective, versus having sat in jungles or foxholes and watched their friends get their heads blown off."--Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
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    "We're in Bush country," Bradach said. "There will be a lot of detractors, people saying we aren't patriots. I'd like to know what they've given up.

    There is no way our children died in vain, not if we pay attention, not if we learn. I'm proud of my son. I love the Marines. And I'm very much against this war and always have been.

    I guess our children went and were sacrificed for us to take a look at what we let happen. We let this war happen. If nothing else, this is a huge lesson. Watch who you vote for. Watch what they're telling you. Don't be so afraid."    --Lynn Bradach, mother of a fallen American Hero, from Oregon, in support of Cindy Sheehan

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  • Regarding "Trickle-Down Economics: "If you feed enough oats to the horse, some will pass through to feed the sparrows."--John Kenneth Galbraith

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