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by aidenn0 4500 days ago
It has been as high as around 90%:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Historical_Mariginal_Tax_R...

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There were loads of loopholes back then.

And before someone responds with, "there are loopholes now too, har har!": No, there really aren't those kinds of loopholes anymore. The 90% income tax existed in name only, whereas today there actually are people paying ~50% income tax in the US.