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An argument I often hear against raising taxes is that all the companies/billionaires will simply move away. In the US during the 1950s they had a top marginal tax rate of 91%. Did any companies/billionaires move away? Why did they or did they not move away, and what effect did it have?

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I've often heard that the USSR, the Cold War, and the fear of communist uprisings in their own countries lead to better workers rights in "the West". Is this true, and if so, to what extent?

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I've often heard that the USSR, the Cold War, and the fear of communist uprisings in their own countries lead to better workers rights in "the West". Is this true? And if so, to what extent?

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An argument I often hear against raising taxes is that all the companies/billionaires will simply move away. In the US during the 1950s they had a top marginal tax rate of 91%. Did any companies/billionaires move away? Why did they or did they not move away, and what effect did it have?	176
I've often heard that the USSR, the Cold War, and the fear of communist uprisings in their own countries lead to better workers rights in "the West". Is this true, and if so, to what extent?	9
I've often heard that the USSR, the Cold War, and the fear of communist uprisings in their own countries lead to better workers rights in "the West". Is this true? And if so, to what extent?	3