Here's the link, VA, to

Red Planet — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:41:28 +0000

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Here's the link, VA, to historic tax tables. It's at taxfoundation.org.

Note that the numbers Flavius quotes are in nominal dollars. The PDF linked includes tables for both nominal and adjusted-for-inflation dollars.

More interesting than just a comparison of the top tax bracket, to me, is the entire spectrum of tax rates. Take a look, for example, at the rates for 1952, adjusted for inflation:

1952: Adjusted for Inflation

Married Filing Separately

Married Filing Jointly: Applicable marginal tax rates are determined by the bracket (Married Filing Separately) corresponding to one-half of taxable income.

Marginal Tax Rate:

22.2% up to $16.9K

24.6% up to $33.9K

29.0% up to $50.8K

34.0% up to $67.6K

38.0% up to $84.7K

42.0% up to $101.6K

48.0% up to $118.5K

53.0% up to $135.5K

56.0% up to $152.4K

59.0% up to $169.3K

62.0% up to $186.2K

66.0% up to $220.1K

67.0% up to $270.9K

68.0% up to $321.8K

72.0% up to $372.6K

75.0% up to $423.4K

77.0% up to $508.0K

80.0% up to $592.7K

83.0% up to $677.4K

85.0% up to $762.0K

88.0% up to $846.7K

90.0% up to $1,270.1K

91.0% up to $1,693.4K

92.0% from $1,693.4K up

Now compare to today's rates:

2011

Married Filing Separately

Married Filing Jointly (Double the dollar amounts, below).

Marginal Tax Rate:

10% up to $8.5K

15% up to $34.5K

25% up to $69.7K

28% up to $106.2K

33% up to $189.6K

35% from 189.6K up

Once we believed in progressive taxation. But that was when we were building a country.

I googled marginal tax rates

Flavius — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:41:21 +0000

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I googled marginal tax rates and selected History of Federal Individual Income Bottom and Top Brackets. It was supplied by the National Taxpayers Union. It was in a table starting with 1913and continuing to 2011. with 12 footnotes .

Do you have a good source for

Verified Atheist — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:47:51 +0000

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Do you have a good source for those numbers? I'm not doubting them, it's just nice to have a source. My Republican father and I often have (amicable) discussions about taxes, and the more facts, the better.

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Here's the link, VA, to

I googled marginal tax rates

Do you have a good source for