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There is no reason whatever for refusing to tax a corporation because by its own acts it has created a burden of charges under which it staggers.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “There is no reason whatever for refusing to tax a corporation because by its own acts it has created a burden of charges…”
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Roosevelt argues that corporations should not evade taxes due to their own financial mismanagement.
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