(1913 $3k -> roughly $80k 2020 in standard inflation adjustments. At a time when a recent-graduate civil engineer made ~$1k, or with 10 years experience in the low $2k's, according to https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/pricesandwages/1910-1919. A person making $3k was loaded.)
I'm answering a rant about how unreasonable it is for a nonwealthy person to care about a wealth tax. The income tax was sold to us as a tax on only very high earners, a tiny percent of everyone.
(I think it's fair to characterize rhetoric that starts with "disingenuous whining" and goes on from there as a rant.)
(1913 $3k -> roughly $80k 2020 in standard inflation adjustments. At a time when a recent-graduate civil engineer made ~$1k, or with 10 years experience in the low $2k's, according to https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/pricesandwages/1910-1919. A person making $3k was loaded.)