tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post6618353350932685234..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Luggage over the years: Bloated vs. unobtrusive (more pictures)agnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-36626930581398603222014-11-18T08:13:28.594-05:002014-11-18T08:13:28.594-05:00I thought of you when I saw this, Agnostic:
https...I thought of you when I saw this, Agnostic:<br /><br />https://www.yahoo.com/travel/15-ways-flying-was-totally-different-in-the-80s-102636159047.htmlFWGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-42432199708474807692014-01-19T18:40:23.379-05:002014-01-19T18:40:23.379-05:00Spirit Airlines may be rather downscale but at lea...Spirit Airlines may be rather downscale but at least it does its part in countering baggage bloat, by charging fees for all but small carry-on bags in addition to checked bags.<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-16541780605966137502014-01-18T16:44:36.365-05:002014-01-18T16:44:36.365-05:00on the subject of air travel, notice how almost al...on the subject of air travel, notice how almost all airlines planes look the same nowaday; white paint with similar looking boring typefaces. <br /><br />in 1966 Braniff made a big deal about painting their plains bright colors rather than white:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3_aNtQFsLk" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3_aNtQFsLk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://airchive.com/html/memorabilia/braniff-international-history-sales-brochures-and-memorabila/1965-end-of-the-plain-plane-ad-campaign/216" rel="nofollow">http://airchive.com/html/memorabilia/braniff-international-history-sales-brochures-and-memorabila/1965-end-of-the-plain-plane-ad-campaign/216</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-21366201726624757652014-01-18T16:36:55.033-05:002014-01-18T16:36:55.033-05:00Curtis, while taxes did raise in the 90s the were ...Curtis, while taxes did raise in the 90s the were still lower than they had been in 1987 and much lower than they had been before 1980.<br /><br />the top marginal tax rate was cut to 28% in 1988 raised to 31% in 1991 and 39% percent 1993. the top marginal rate in 1979 was 70% so even after the Bush I and Clinton tax hikes taxes on the wealthy were still only a little more than half of what they were pre Reagan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-45953924219146951892014-01-17T09:35:53.738-05:002014-01-17T09:35:53.738-05:00Interesting, but weren't taxes raised in the 9...Interesting, but weren't taxes raised in the 90s? yet Inequality also increased in the 90s.<br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-9160648012539754182014-01-17T08:23:25.590-05:002014-01-17T08:23:25.590-05:00I've always been an over-packer (mostly on car...I've always been an over-packer (mostly on car trips as you can take a lot more than on a plane), but lately I've realized that it's a hassle taking so much, and I only use about half of what I bring, so I've cut back. And my suitcase has rollers, but I never use them. I just feel lame doing it. My girlfriend laughs but I'm like "no way!"FWGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-91502270144709851482014-01-16T19:59:22.563-05:002014-01-16T19:59:22.563-05:00here's a graph with the top marginal tax rate ...here's a graph with the top marginal tax rate an inequality together:http://powerlineiswrong.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/taxratesvstopincome.png%3Fw%3D497%26h%3D362<br /><br />unlike must issues this appears to be a case where a single policy has strong effects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-50324022877096343692014-01-16T19:49:53.817-05:002014-01-16T19:49:53.817-05:00somewhat OT on the subject of inequality
here&#...somewhat OT on the subject of inequality <br /><br />here's a graph of the top tax rate:http://voteview.com/images/Top_Marginal_Income_Tax_Rate_1913-2003.jpg<br /><br />here's one of inequality:http://inequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/top-percent-share-of-total-pre-tax-income.png<br /><br />the correlation is amazing; inequality fell when taxes rates rose in the late teens, rose when tax rates fell in the 20s, fell when tax rates rose in the 30s, and started raising again when tax rates fell in the 80s. it took a while to rise after the 80s tax cuts, i suspect that's because tax rates had been high long enough to change norms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com