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"A 91 percent bracket is a ceiling on pay." Tee

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SKU LWM-C067

A black or white tee that says "A 91 percent bracket is a ceiling on pay." in gold block type, with the Tax the rich page address printed under it so anyone who asks can check.

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Unisex cut, S to 3XL.

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The story behind this shirt

The Tax Foundation puts the top 1 percent's average federal income tax rate across the 1950s at about 16.9 percent, so the bracket raised far less than its headline rate implies. Economists Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Stefanie Stantcheva calculated in a 2014 paper that the revenue-maximizing top tax rate, once labor supply, tax avoidance, and pay bargaining are all counted, comes out near 83 percent, close to where the 1950s bracket actually sat. The front print says "A 91 percent bracket is a ceiling on pay." and, under it, the address of the Tax the rich page on this site, where the claim sits with its evidence, the best case against it, and the answer.

What Tax the rich means

Details
  • Front print: "A 91 percent bracket is a ceiling on pay." in gold with a red rule
  • The receipts printed on the shirt: leftwingmerch.com/causes/tax-the-rich
  • Sourced to Tax Foundation
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Artworkclaim print
PlacementFront
Care

Wash cold inside out, tumble dry low, and keep the iron off the print.

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Who made this

Every piece is printed when you order it, not warehoused. The whole supply chain

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