This object can be attained by making the tax very small on moderate amounts of property left; because the prime object should be to put a constantly increasing burden on the inheritance of those swollen fortunes which it is certainly of no benefit to this country to perpetuate.
Roosevelt argues for a tax structure that minimizes the burden on moderate inheritances while targeting large fortunes.
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