Whoa whoa whoa! What's going on here? This picture was taken when the federal income tax rate for high income earners was 50% and over a decade before the FSMA enabled Wall Street firms to merge into a tiny cabal of economy-wrecking, financial mega-corporations that are allowed to do whatever they want! So why do they look so happy? According to Mitt Romney's reasoning, shouldn't he be wringing his hands out of fear of all that regulatory oppression? Shouldn't they be hiding the precious few dollar bills they've earned in a shoe box, far away from Uncle Sam's prying fingers? Shouldn't the high top tax rate and far less restrictive welfare programs have destroyed any incentive he had to be wealthy in the first place? This is all very confusing. It's almost like Romney's own past provides a solid example of why his current rhetoric and economic “plan” is a load of bullshit.
