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On the recordMarch 21, 1962
Why should those whose income is received in dividends or interest be treated differently, permitting an escape from taxes by a deliberate or neglectful failure to report such income?
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee, on the Tax Bill.

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