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[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

You can thank reagan for that. Before him, the megawealthy were taxed a LOT (i don't have exact figures, but it was something like 60%). Then reagan came in with his bullshit "trickle down economy" and that was that.

edit: just saw this is about social security funds, not taxes.

[–] turdburglar@piefed.social 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

i mean social security is taxes tho

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 3 points 11 hours ago

oh, I'm not american and not entirely sure. Thanks for the correction.