-It was taxing the rich. 90%. Which allowed our government to invest in the nation.
You can't remove those other realities. It's amazingly naive to pretend they are irrelevant.
We dropped atomic bombs. Destroyed infrastructure, denied blacks and women equal rights. Took advantage of the fact the rest of the world was unable to compete.
I'll gladly acknowledge the high marginal tax rate as a factor.
But let's not pretend it was THE factor.
-Unfortunately, grocery prices are going up for all Americans.
Absolutely true.