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Charles Sumner: “Every consideration urged against taxing the bank directly may be urged against taxing the shares.”

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Every consideration urged against taxing the bank directly may be urged against taxing the shares.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner points out that arguments against direct bank taxation apply to share taxation as well.

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