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Eisenhower as a lefty politico

…said when he was president. Republican President Dwight Eisenhower, president when the top tax bracket for the richest people in this country was 92 percent. President Eisenhower defended that tax

Truth in Budget Numbers

…2011); Tax Policy Center, Table on the 2010 tax bill (Dec. 13, 2010). When we talk about that bill, wouldn’t it be more accurate to discuss it as a tax