Dear Bangor Daily News:
The late actor Jack Lord was born 22 days before the World Almanac says
Republicans acquired Congress and the presidency from 1921 to 1933.
Ntu.org says Republicans lowered the top marginal tax rate in stages from
73% in 1921 to 24% in 1929, the year we first shattered the world economy.
Democrats raised it to 92% in 1952 and 1953, the years bls.gov says
unemployment fell to 3.0% and 2.9%.
It stayed at 91% from 1954 through 1963 while unemployment averaged 5.4% /
year, nyse.tv says the Dow grew 17.2% / year and treasurydirect.gov says
national debt rose 1.27% / year.
Except spiking 1968 - 1970 (Apollo 11 launched 7/16/69), it was lowered by
Democrats to 70% between 1964 - 1980, while unemployment averaged 5.5% / year,
the Dow rose 2.6% / year, and national debt rose 11.2% / year.
Republicans lowered the top rate in stages to 28% between 1981 - 1990
(Kristen Shepard shot J.R.), while unemployment averaged 7.1% / year, the Dow
rose 17.1% / year and national debt rose 22.4% / year.
Between 1991 - 2000 it was raised twice (Gap blue desses weren't cheap) to
39.6%, while unemployment averaged 5.6% / year, the Dow rose 31.3% / year and
national debt rose 5.48% / year.
Between 2001 - 2010 (Matt Murphy snagged Barry Bond's 756th HR ball 8/7/07)
Republicans lowered it in stages to 35% while unemployment averaged 6.1% / year,
the Dow rose 0.87% / year and national debt rose 13.3% / year.
"Book 'em Danno".
Freezelight - "Light Painting Wifi" originally posted by tsukasa http://ru-freezelight.livejournal.com/
http://ntu.org/tax-basics/history-of-federal-individual-1.html
- Top and bottom national tax brackets from 1913
http://www.bls.gov/cps/prev_yrs.htm - Bureau of Labor
Statistics unemployment rates 1948 - 2011
http://www.nyse.tv/dow-jones-industrial-average-history-djia.htm
- Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1900 - 2011
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo4.htm
- National debt outstanding 1950 - 1999
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo5.htm
- National debt outstanding 1999 - 2010
http://www.davemanuel.com/history-of-debt-in-the-united-states.php
- National debt back to 1789
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 - Apollo 11 launched
July 16, 1969
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_shot_J._R.%3F - Kristen
Shepard shot J.R.
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/clinton/lewinskydress.html -
Monica Lewinsky's blue dress from "Gap"
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3036756 - Matt
Murphy snagged BB's 756 ball
http://bangordailynews.com/2011/10/19/opinion/thursday-oct-20-2011-quimby-question-1-and-taxes/ - Letter posted in Bangor Daily News Thursday, Oct. 20th, 2011
Dear Bangor Daily News:
Here is my math for the average unemployment, Dow and
national debt figures, for the letter I'm about to send.
Merriam - Webster's says says a hyphen (-) between two
dates means up to and including.
You can get 12 digit calculators at Family dollar for
$5.
National Debt is for nominal (actual at the time?)
dollars. Davemanuel.com shows national debt from 1791 - 2010 in both nominal and
2010 "real" dollars.
Funk & Wagnalls says to find a percentage
relationship of one number (4) and another (16), divide the former by the latter
and multiply by 100:
4 divided by 16 = 0.25 x 100 = 25% (4 is 25 percent of
16).
Unemployment 1954 - 1963:
Total: 54%, divided by 10 years equals 5.4% / year average unemployment 1954 -1963
Dow 1954 -1963:
Jan. 2, 1964: 766.08
Minus
Dec. 31, 1953: 280.90
Equals: 485.18
Divided by: 280.90
Equals: 1.727 x 100 = 172.72 % rise
Divided by 10 years equals 17.2% / year rise
in Dow 1954 - 1963
National Debt 1954 - 1963
06/30/1963:
$305,860,000,000.00
Minus
06/30/1954:
$271,260,000,000.00
Equals:
$34,600,000,000.00 rise
Divided by:
$271,260,000,000.00
Equals: 0.127 x 100 =
12.75% rise
Divided by 10 years
equals: 1.27% / year average rise in national debt
1954 -1963
Unemployment 1964 - 1980:
93.6 total divided by 17 years equals:
5.5% / year average unemployment 1964 -
1980
Dow 1964 -1980:
Dec. 31, 1980: 963.99
Minus
Jan. 2, 1964 766.08
Equals: 197.91 rise
Divided by 766.08
Equals 0.258 x 100
Equals: 25.8% rise
Divided by 17 years equals:
1.51% / year average rise in Dow 1964
-1980
National Debt 1964 -1980
09/30/1980: $907,701,000,000.00
Minus
06/30/1964: $311,713,000,000.00
Equals:$595,988,000,000.00 rise
Divided by $311,713,000,000.00
Equals: 1.91 x 100
Equals: 191.2% rise
Divided by 17 years equals 11.2% / year
average rise in Dow 1964 -1980
Unemployment 1981 -1990:
71.2 total
Divided by 10 years equals 7.1% / year
average unemployment 1981 -1990
Dow 1981 -1990;
Dec. 31, 1990: 2633.66
Minus
Jan. 2, 1981: 972.78
Equals: 1660.88
Divided by 972.78
Equals 1.707 x 100 =170.7% rise
Divided by 10 years equals 17.1% / year
average rise in Dow 1981 -1990
National Debt 1981 -1990:
09/28/1990: $3,233,313,000,000.00
Minus
09/30/1981: $997,855,000,000.00
Equals: $2,235,458,000,000.00
Divided by $997,855,000,000.00
Equals: 2.24 x 100 = 224% rise
Divided by 10 years equals: 22.4% / year
average rise in national debt 1981 -1990
Unemployment 1991 -2000:
55.9% total
Divided by 10 years equals: 5.59% / year
average rise in unemployment 1991 - 2000
Dow 1991 -2000:
Dec. 29, 2000: 10787.99
Minus
Jan. 2, 1991: 2610.64
Equals: 8177.35
Divided by: 2610.64
Equals: 3.13 x 100 = 313.0% rise
Divided by 10 years equals: 31.3% average
rise in Dow 1991 - 2000
National Debt 1991 - 2000:
09/30/2000: $5,674,178,000,000.00
Minus
09/30/1991: $3,665,303,000,000.00
Equals: $2,008,875,000,000.00
Divided by: $3,665,303,000,000.00
Equals: 0.548 x 100 = 54.8% rise
Divided by 10 years equals: 5.48% / year
average rise in national debt 1991 - 2000
Unemployment 2001 - 2010:
61% total
Divided by 10 years equals: 6.1% / year
average unemployment 2001 - 2010
Dow 2001 - 2010:
Dec. 31, 2010: 11577.51
Minus
Jan. 2, 2001: 10646.15
Equals: 931.36 rise
Divided by 10646.15
Equals: 0.0874 x 100 - 8.74% rise
Divided by 10 years equals: 0.87% / year
average rise in Dow 2001 - 2010
National Debt 2001 - 2010:
09/30/2010: $13,561,623,000,000.00
Minus
09/30/2001: $5,807,463,000,000.00
Equals: $7,754,160,000,000.00 rise
Divided by: $5,807,463,000,000.00
Equals: 1.335 x 100 = 133.5% rise
Divided by 10 years equals: 13.3% / year
average rise in national debt 2001 - 2010
