If the 90% tax rate on top incomes was so ineffective, then why did the wealthy work so hard to dismantle it? And why did their share of wealth go up so dramatically in the last few decades?

This was how the world worked in the 1920's and the 1890's too.

Can we seriously talk about separating the states now? I mean, can the country seriously handle another election where a republican is elected against the will of the people? Wouldn’t we be happier, healthier and stronger in California, Oregon, Washington, New England and New York, if we were free of the oppressive…