Given inflation, it seems like payroll taxes have fallen. 30k is (per https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=30000&year=1946 https://www.dol

Given inflation, it seems like payroll taxes have fallen. 30k is (per https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=30000&year=1946 https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=3...) $397,964.84 dollars. I'd suggest looking at the following for a reasonably good look on the progressive tax rate, historically. http://www.teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/24489 http://www.teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-histori...