Even with the higher taxes factored in (and I agree the taxes are oppressive and way too high), we are still much better off today then we were in 1920. The average worker in 1920 had to really struggle to provide even a meager standard of living. These days, the average worker can afford things that even rich people in 1920 could only dream about.
Workers in 1920 wouldn't be able to put your last post into a pipe and smoke it because they wouldn't be able to afford the pipe.
Even with the higher taxes factored in (and I agree the taxes are oppressive and way too high), we are still much better off today then we were in 1920. The average worker in 1920 had to really struggle to provide even a meager standard of living. These days, the average worker can afford things that even rich people in 1920 could only dream about. This is true, the standard of living in the USA took off (much improved) after WWII - and we're still in that era. I'm not arguing your point, I wanted to take a stab the the taxation levels.
Workers in 1920 wouldn't be able to put your last post into a pipe and smoke it because they wouldn't be able to afford the pipe.
Obviously, back then they would have made a corncob pipe to smoke what they read on the Internet.