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Nevertheless, a graduated income tax of the proper type would be a desirable feature of Federal taxation, and it is to be hoped that one may be devised which the Supreme Court will declare constitutional.
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Roosevelt expresses hope for a constitutional graduated income tax as part of federal taxation.
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