Question: – the prosperity that the income tax has been choking out of the country for the last 50 years or so.
> Mindlessly silly. Prosperity hasnt been anything even remotely resembling choked off.
Answer: Not by a long shot. Prosperity is flagging and getting worse. The last big thing that allowed Americans to earn a big income was the software development that went overseas about 10 years ago. Go to your Borders Bookstore or Barnes and Noble books. Find the computer section. Pitiful, isn’t it? There AREN’T any big-paying jobs even for the intellectually elite, unles they’ve got a masters or better. Back in the 60’s, a man could be prosperous all by himself while working a factory job, supporting his family while his wife stayed home. Now it takes both husband and wife working, and sometimes one or more working two jobs, to be able to live that way. And that isn’t even comparable, since the family in the 60’s had more leisure time. Hard to take a family vacation from 2 or 3 jobs at once.
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