Except it didn't. GDP grew faster in the fifties, with a 90% "millionaire's tax", than it did in the eighties, as top marginal rates were being cut to their lo

Except it didn't. GDP grew faster in the fifties, with a 90% "millionaire's tax", than it did in the eighties, as top marginal rates were being cut to their lowest levels. Numbers from here: http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/data.exe/var/rgdp-qtrchg http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/data.exe/var/rgdp-qtrchg But this is something I noticed around 16 years ago.