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Victoria C. Woodhull: A system of taxation for the support of all government—town, city, county, state and national—should be formulated and…

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A system of taxation for the support of all government—town, city, county, state and national—should be formulated and inaugurated, based upon the proposition that all taxes should be general and none special.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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She advocates for a general taxation system that applies equally to all, without special exemptions.

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