70% top marginal tax rate is not a "far-left idea." It's longstanding American tradition until Reagan.
The top marginal tax rate:
1945: 94% (Roosevelt)
1957: 91% (Eisenhower)
1964: 77% (Johnson)
1973: 70% (Nixon)
1986: 50% (Reagan)
2018: 37% (Trump)
[IMG][/IMG]
source: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IITTRHB
The top marginal tax rate:
1945: 94% (Roosevelt)
1957: 91% (Eisenhower)
1964: 77% (Johnson)
1973: 70% (Nixon)
1986: 50% (Reagan)
2018: 37% (Trump)
[IMG][/IMG]
source: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IITTRHB
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