![]() And with government largely delivering for people in a way they had not seen before, these years were also not coincidentally an age that saw Americans two to three times more likely to express trust in their government than they have in more recent years. Even with historically high tax rates on the wealthiest Americans, the period of economic expansion came to be viewed as a golden age of capitalism. During that same period, the revenue collected through that progressive tax code made it possible to build an interstate highway system and fund the space program, while dramatically expanding the social safety net, with new programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, and food stamps. Between 19, real GDP grew 170 percent in the United States and per capita income nearly doubled. ![]() And those were actually pretty good years for growth.” Indeed they were. At times it was up at ninety-five percent. ![]() “From about the 1930s through about the 1960s, the tax rate averaged about seventy percent. Pete Buttigieg, the 19th secretary of transportation, has reportedly taken a minimum of 18 taxpayer-funded flights while using private jets managed by the Federal Aviation Administration. ![]()
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