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FDR: It is difficult for almost all citizens to understand why a constitutional provision permitting taxes on 'income from…

On the recordJanuary 18, 1939
It is difficult for almost all citizens to understand why a constitutional provision permitting taxes on 'income from whatever source derived' does not mean 'from whatever source derived.'
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Legislation to Prevent Inequities Among Taxpayers.

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