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Jay Starkman: Biden Pushes for Wartime Tax Rates


Unlike the levies of the world wars, his would be permanent and without extensive deductions. ‘We have got to confiscate wealth,” Rep. John Nance Garner of Texas said in 1917. Garner, who served as vice president during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first two terms, was talking about how to finance World War I. But some Democrats miss those days,

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Posted: June 23, 2021 Wednesday 05:57 PM