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Teddy Roosevelt: “Either by taxing them as realty we shall tax them at their full value, or we shall not; if, as we hold, the former is…”

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Either by taxing them as realty we shall tax them at their full value, or we shall not; if, as we hold, the former is the case, it would be unjust to tax them for more than their full value, and this would happen were not these existing taxes deducted.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt highlights the importance of not overtaxing corporations beyond their actual value.

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