It's only "class warfare" when the rich are the target. Since the 1980's the wealth divide has increased, the rich got richer, working people and the poor have been losing, but that's not "class warfare."https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1089194158961684480 …
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Taxes were incredibly high on the wealthy in the post war period, which was the largest period of growth in the last 100 years. Growth has been comparatively low since the 80's when taxes on the wealthy were greatly reduced.
That particular urban legend has already been covered elsewhere in this thread. Short version: the actual tax paid by the rich in the mid 20th century was far lower than contemporary tax rates imply, because of tax loopholes.
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Also for this data point maybe “post war” is a key aspect we can’t discount and therefore can’t even compare to now. Best case: It have accounted for better Government growth mentality at that time, in those conditions. What’s happening now is just ludicrous.
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There's a fairly direct relationship between the cuts to social programs started in the 1980's and the decline in overall economic growth. It's a simple reality that more resources for the poor will have a greater impact economically than the wealthy because the poor spend it ;)
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Hackers will always hack. Still the average tax rate was higher and the income of the government was much more skewed towards corporations than citizens.https://twitter.com/xdamman/status/1089425265732784129?s=21 …
The upcoming citizen revolution in one chart
Corporates 
have moved the tax burden to citizens in the past 60 years because they could.
As technology enables citizens to organize, they are gaining new power 
and will inevitably flip that trend.
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