US Politics on Sidechat | Reminder to anyone who’s against democratic socialism. During the 1950’s, a decade when we were actively fighting communists abroad, we had a top tax rate of 90 percent, massive infrastructure projects, investments in social welfare programs and education

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Reminder to anyone who’s against democratic socialism. During the 1950’s, a decade when we were actively fighting communists abroad, we had a top tax rate of 90 percent, massive infrastructure projects, investments in social welfare programs and education

Anonymous 9w

Public universities also didn’t charge tuition in most states until after schools were desegregated

Anonymous 9w

We also had Jim Crow segregation, a large of executive salaries were paid as gifts and bonuses to get round tax, and we had modest and more market guided infrastructure projects proportionately to directed economies

Anonymous 8w

And a much lower standard of living overall than today.

Anonymous

#2 9w

That doesnt change the fact that these economic policies were very beneficial yet have really not been used since, why would you be against at the least trying to reimplement them in a way that is compatible with modern society