US Government was on the same trajectory as North European governments from 1930's to 1970s. Then US took radically different path. > For tax years 1944 throu

US Government was on the same trajectory as North European governments from 1930's to 1970s. Then US took radically different path. > For tax years 1944 through 1951, the highest marginal tax rate for individuals was 91%, increasing to 92% for 1952 and 1953, and reverting to 91% 1954 through 1963.[39] For the 1964 tax year, the top marginal tax rate for individuals was lowered to 77%, and then to 70% for tax years 1965 through 1981. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_taxation_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_taxation_in_the_Uni... Historical Income Tax Rates and brackets https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Historical_Income_Tax_Rates_and_brackets.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Historic...