[anon49124]

91% for millionaires, like the good ol' days.

[refurb]

The percentage of all taxes paid by the top 10% hasn’t really changed over the past century.

Despite have marginal rates >70%, very few people ever paid them.

[ceejayoz]

True for the top 10%. Put in the top 1% (~$500k), though, on the effective tax rate chart at https://qz.com/74271/income-tax-rates-since-1913/ and you'll see it has dropped significantly for that population (by about half) since about 1980.

[briandear]

False. https://mises.org/library/good-ol-days-when-tax-rates-were-9...

[ceejayoz]

If we're throwing clearly partisan sources around:

Sort-of. http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/08/07/the_history_o...

For a less partisan source, with a neat "pick your income" chart that illustrates the flaws in the Mises argument for sky-high incomes (try anything over ~$500k/year), https://qz.com/74271/income-tax-rates-since-1913/