I recently heard that The Beatles paid a 95% income tax. That seems pretty crazy to us today, but maybe back then they would wonder how we could have the < 40%

I recently heard that The Beatles paid a 95% income tax. That seems pretty crazy to us today, but maybe back then they would wonder how we could have the < 40% taxes we have now and properly maintain the roads and bridges and various societal institutions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxman