“Well, nobody actually paid that high rate.”

My response - "cool - but let's at least start from there. I'd rather see those folks kick and scream and claw back some of their taxes starting at 92%. If they manage to create a few loopholes and get it down to 60%, we'd be in far better shape than today. Instead we set it at 20%, which the rich can get down to zero w/o breaking a sweat"