They need to take less and let people earn more...Period Higher taxes on marginal income seems to encourage that. As the government's take rises, employers are more likely to pay more and reinvest more. As rates dropped dramatically in the early 80s workers harvested less and less of the productivity gains. https://images.axios.com/EKV-UzPTGgc6w54q0GthFNSdI2w=/320x240/smart/2019/02/20/1550666202106.png