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FDR: “It is not a sacrifice for the industrialist or the wage earner, the farmer or the shopkeeper, the trainman or the…”

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It is not a sacrifice for the industrialist or the wage earner, the farmer or the shopkeeper, the trainman or the doctor, to pay more taxes, to buy more bonds, to forego extra profits, to work longer or harder at the task for which he is best fitted.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt states that contributing more through taxes and work is not a sacrifice but a necessary part of supporting the war effort.

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