in accounts payables each year. helping thousands of companies simplify how work gets done. how's that for an encore? with xerox, you're ready for real business. americans have been fighting at taxes since this country began. remember the phrase no taxation without representation? fast forward to 2013, still arguing about taxes. there's a convention nap wisdom lower tacks are best, promote economic growth. but one of the best things to project is the real effect taxes have on the economy. increases and decreases never happen in a vacuum. take a look at the top tax rates since 1950. after world war ii, the top tax rate was more than 90%. right now it's 39.6%. the argument that we pay really high taxes historically doesn't hold up. in the meantime, the economy saw its fair share of ups and downs. this chart shows gdp on a yearly