• DancingBear@midwest.social
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    24 hours ago

    Yes, of course there was systemic racism and women couldn’t even have personal checking accounts without approval from a male….

    I’m just saying that unless taxes go up to 90% on folks making over a couple million dollars a year then we’ll never get there again.

    • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      23 hours ago

      Yes. I’m not disagreeing with you; I’m just highlighting what a unique moment it was, because most people think that was “normal,” and that we can get back to it, but we never can.

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        18 hours ago

        I wouldn’t want to “go back” to it. But we do know that the 90% tax on the wealthy is a viable plan to fund the social services and needs of the people. And we also know that it needs to happen.

        Edit: I hope it’s clear I was not advocating for something or anything like a return to 1950’s values lol