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FDR: I hope your Committee, with the help of the Treasury, will formulate a tax bill which will convince the country that a…

On the recordApril 30, 1941
I hope your Committee, with the help of the Treasury, will formulate a tax bill which will convince the country that a national defense program intended to protect our democracy is not going to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Recommendation for Additional Taxes

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