@McNolf@DeepDishEnjoyer The effective rate was nowhere near 99% though. There were a billion carve outs and tax vehicles and the effective tax rate was about 50% at the highest end
@JakeRWeston The problem is they use the first third of the anthem instead of the last third. The start is slow and boring, the latter part ‘thy choicest gifts in store…’ is the actual rousing part of the song. FA mistake
@thamoonman_@econoadabsurdam also recognisable ≠ better. Anything weird is recognisable, Libya’s plain green flag was nothing if not recognisable, but it wasn’t good now, was it?