How soon would the Iraq War be over if tax rates for the super Wealthy were returned to WWII levels?

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During the World War the poor sacrificed their lives and the rich sacrificed a few of their multiple mansions, cut the size of their fleets of exotic cars, and reduced the size of their yachts.

Marty L · Accepted Answer

During World War Two to Tax Rate for the super Billionaires was 90%. If Bush had raised the Tax Rates for his buddies to 90% for the duration of the War they would have told him to get out that day!They would look down their noses and said  "Sacrifice for your country is for poor and middle Class people, not for the privileged Elite" We believe in "Rugged Individualism" (a euphemism for these people for their "Greedy Selfishness")
Unfortunately the super rich have bought themselves both the Democrat and Republican parties, so don't expect any big, or fair, revisions on their tax breaks.

Russ · Answer

I think you're full of hot air.
The rich in 1940-41 included people like Roosevelt and Joe Kennedy. The yachts they managed to hold onto during the depression, prolonged by Roosevelt high taxes and higher government spending, were seized to be used as coastal patrol boats and convoy escorts.

You probably don't know that the war with Germany did not end in 1945. October 24, 1951 Truman declares war with Germany officially over
On this day in 1951, President Harry Truman finally proclaims that the nation’s war with Germany, begun in 1941, is officially over. Fighting had ended in the spring of 1945.

And the war with Japan? 
TREATY OF PEACE WITH JAPAN 
Sept. 8, 1951
San Francisco, California, USA

Therefore, if you choose to compare Iraq with WW II, it lasted a lot longer than you think and you might also check out non-accidental deaths of GI's between '45 and '51

How soon would the Iraq War be over if tax rates for the super Wealthy were returned to WWII levels?

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