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FDR: It is indefensible that those who enjoy large incomes from State and local securities should be immune from taxation…

On the recordApril 26, 1942
It is indefensible that those who enjoy large incomes from State and local securities should be immune from taxation while we are at war.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on an Economic Stabilization Program

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