I just heard the latest anti-sanders talking point

[Robbins]

from relatives who listen to BS.

Bernie wants to tax 90 cents from every dollar people make.

This is same people who spread the birther BS and anti-ACA talking points

[JackInGreen]

1. I don't think

That shit'll stick.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

12. None of it will...just shows you the desperation of the opposition. Kinda sad if you ask me.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Eisenhower wanted 91 cents

He wanted a top tax rate of 91% - and both houses of Congress were controlled by Republicans.

And the country grew like gangbusters.

[arcane1]

3. They love failing to mention that "top" part when they scare-monger, don't they?

[Ed Suspicious]

7. On income over x dollars.

[merrily]

8. Perhaps not for himself, though.

Critics regarded it as one of the finest U.S. military memoirs, and it was a major financial success as well. Eisenhower's profit on the book was substantially aided by an unprecedented ruling by the U.S. Department of the Treasury that Eisenhower was not a professional writer, but rather, marketing the lifetime asset of his experiences, and thus he only had to pay capital gains tax on his $635,000 advance instead of the much higher personal tax rate. This ruling saved Eisenhower about $400,000.[101]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower

See also: http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidmarotta/2013/02/28/dwight-d-eisenhower-on-tax-cuts-and-a-balanced-budget/

I think at least part of the reason for the high tax rate during the Eisenhower administration was that the war tax from World War II was still in effect.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-would-you-feel-about-a-94-tax-rate/

IIRC, Kennedy reduced or eliminated it.

Growth was due to a lot of factors other than Eisenhower, too--not the least of which was bringing two of our biggest competitors to their knees and the national highway system conceived by prior Presidents, incl. FDR, which gave rise to a lot of suburban home and commercial building, as well as the construction of the system itself.

(Not a fan of Eisenhower.)

[napi21]

4. What people don't undertand is that the TOP RATE is ONLY assessed on the

$$ earned OVER a stated amount. i.e. $3 million, $5 million. People hear 90% tass rate and they think "WOW, that idiot wants to take all MY PAYCHECK!"

All the Dems need to explain that fact.

[DJ13]

10. the TOP RATE is ONLY assessed on the $$ earned OVER a stated amount.

And theres sufficient loopholes to prevent that level of taxation provided the capital is spent within the US, say by expanding their business (which increases jobs).

It was a true carrot and stick taxation scheme, which built up our middle class while benefiting the 1% at the same time.

[lonestarnot]

5. idjits will say anything.

[Marie Marie]

6. One of the clowns threw that number out at tonight's debate.

[hedda_foil]

9. Trump used it at one of his conclave of crazies. They ate it up too.

[WillyT]

11. Well...

[SoapBox]

13. I guess my response would be...

That is one of the dumbest stories I've ever heard.

[Enthusiast]

14. BS is right.