If I recall, it was partly a top

tax rate of 70%+ that led to the Big Crash and Bigger Depression. Suck the life out of all the bulls, and

you're left with a herd of cows, in Washington, fat with milk.

After the stuff hit the fan, Hoover was a "big

gov't", fix-it-by-policy politician if ever there was one, only to be surpassed by FDR, who was able to pass more

of Hoover's bloated "reform" policies. Americans learn to suck the teat of dependency and the cows keep

"producing".