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Red Skelton Pledge of Allegiance
Posted: Oct 19, 2013
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I've seen this before and I still like to watch Red, - reminds me of happier times.
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Ah, yes. Marginal tax rates of 14% on low end and - 77% on the high end
[ In Reply To ..]with President Nixon, a self-proclaimed "Keynesian" economist, democrats dominating Congress (House 243-Ds and 192 Rs and Senate 57-Ds and 43 Rs), overseeing economic expansion associated with those times. Happy days indeed.
Maybe people like to be reminded of happier times - when you're young (sm)
[ In Reply To ..]before politics dominated every aspect of their lives. Why so negative, like Thor the Destroyer.
I view that description of the economy and tax rate structure as a - very fond memory
[ In Reply To ..]but I was already in college in 1969 and politically active, so it is virtually IMPOSSIBLE for me to view those times outside that context, having been thrust into that world even as an elementary school student during Cold War years, what with the nuclear attack "duck and cover" drills when we hit the floor, cowering under our desks, and the ease-dropping I did on conversations about the pros and cons of building a bomb shelter in the back yard my dad and mom had after they thought I had gone to sleep.
At age 14 there was the assassination of JFK. Grew up fast after that with an acute awareness of civil rights struggles, then assassinations x2 in 1968, first MLK, then RFK. Picking a major in college was heavily influenced by pre-feminist social imperatives of finding a husband, having kids and the sense that there were only a couple of acceptable fields for a female to choose from (home economics, teaching and nursing). Feminist issues invaded my life again when a rape at age 17 left me pregnant and my only choices were an unwed mothers' home or an illegal abortion across the border in Mexico (I was too scared of coat hangers). By the time 1969 rolled around, I had watched many of my friends get shipped off to Viet Nam after their draft numbers came up. My best friend in junior and senior high school never made it back. To this day, that loss still makes me cry.
So you'll have to EXCUUUUSE me if the way I took my trip down memory lane rained on somebody's else's parade. It was entirely unintentional. BTW, I am WAY too old to know who Thor the Destroyer is....or to care.
You just made a good case for lower taxes, - JFK lowered taxes. nm
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Really? JFK rates = 20% on low end and 91% - on high end. Today
[ In Reply To ..]they are 10% on the low end and 35% on the high end. That's the lowest they've been in 72 years for the low end and 83 years for the high end (the rate high-end taxes were when the crash happened, ushering in the Great Depression!).
Perhaps next time you could try filling in that blank before posting.
Imagine what a 90% tax on our billionaires would - do to rebuild the middle class.nm
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And protect our republic from them. - nm
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