The original article is about federal income tax rates. In one of your messages there was this comment by you: >> When Reagan lowered the tax rates in exchang

The original article is about federal income tax rates. In one of your messages there was this comment by you: >> When Reagan lowered the tax rates in exchange for eliminating the tax shelters... >We got skyrocketing wealth inequality leading to a near breakdown of the political and social order 30 years later We have been talking about federal taxes in the linked article and in this discussion. It is disingenuous of you to now move the goal posts. That is a much more complex discussion since you need to add in all the other taxes paid - all of which have changed over time, but had little to do with Reagan.