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FDR: “The duty rests upon the Government to restrict such incomes by very high taxes.”

On the recordJune 18, 1935
The duty rests upon the Government to restrict such incomes by very high taxes.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Tax Revision

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