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Originally Posted by Donnageddon
I want to return to the real conservatism of Teddy Roosevelt (breaking up the monopolies) and Ike Eisenhower (Top tax rate > 90%)
Hell, the latest crop of "conservatives" make Nixon and Goldwater look very good.
It is RIP for the GOP until they kick the zealous nutcases out of the party.
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Um...slight correction. While the top tax rate was 91% under Eisenhower, the were set there by the 1932-34 Congress at the behest of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the Democratic Party controlled both Houses of Congress during Eisenhower's two terms...