| equitable growth.
| We taxed the ultra wealthy at a much, much higher rate than we do today and
| individual purchasing power was much higher.
This is so tangential to the article that is borderline off topic. You don't solve the US defense problem by attempting to tackle something as politically challenging as major changes to US tax policy.
It’s not tangential at all. A key argument of the article is that we should spend more on the military like we did in the 50s. It’s important to point out how much the income structure of the government has changed since then.
This is so tangential to the article that is borderline off topic. You don't solve the US defense problem by attempting to tackle something as politically challenging as major changes to US tax policy.