Bernie Sanders .... Tax rate 90%

[*michaelsean*]

(06-02-2015, 05:17 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: As well as excise tax, which was never much going back on those records though would likely be higher pre-Civil War. I think ti would be good extra info though to see how much of a role the size of the GDP would be, plus the role government spending had to see how that all played into the debt. Then of course I'd have to add columns for the same amounts adjusted for inflation using 2011 or 2013 dollars or something.

I'm a government bean counter, this sort of thing is right up my alley.

I thought excise tax would be higher now.  Tobacco alone, although there are far fewer users which may account for the difference.