No... Those folks had no income tax. Income tax came later.
The 90% bracket was extremely high when it existed and snared very few people.
The 90% bracket was extremely high when it existed and snared very few people.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Doc...
The 90% tax rate was indeed in effect but very few people fell victim to it: http://almostclassical.blogspot.com/2011/03/90-tax-rate-myth...