On: Greg Mankiw: I Can Afford Higher Taxes. But They’ll Make Me Work Less.

[tptacek]

You're framing the debate in terms of the immediate postwar economy, but I could just as easily invoke the 1990's.

[gojomo → tptacek]

Growth in the 90s wasn't 'unprecedented', and the 90s top 39.6% tax rate wasn't 'significantly more onerous' than today's 35% rate, considering the history of rates:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_the_United_States...