Elevating Disappointing and Crushing

1-Oct-17, I ran the half marathon on the treadmill in 1:52. Elevating. Best ever when compared to my past performances on the treadmill.
1-Oct-17 broke the running deck of the treadmill. Disappointing. C'mon. I'm 82 Kgs. Running @12 at times should not break the deck. Now my treadmill is ruined.
8-Oct-17. Ran the first outdoor run of the season. Could not complete even 10 kms in Mumbai Oct heat. Took 1:05 min just to run 10Kms. Welcome to the real world. Crushing...

Marginal Tax Rates

When it comes to Congress misrule, one of the things that comes up often is that it kept the marginal tax rates insanely high.
Just to set the context the marginal tax rates in the vanguard of Capitalism the US over the years is captured here

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/28/opinion/092817krugman2/092817krugman2-tmagArticle.png

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