Word: bonus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sure Roosevelt vetoed the Bonus bill and my Congressman voted against it. But I mean to vote for that same Congressman on Sept. "9 and for Mr. Roosevelt in November...
...Gerold C. Wichmann, in TIME, quotes Legion National Commander Johnson as follows: "The Bonus is not an issue." He adds that the two vetoes are. Why stop at two? We have the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover vetoes...
Blackest page of all came with Hoover's eviction of the Bonus Marchers, wives and children, by gas and bayonet. Contrast that with the friendly reception accorded by Roosevelt and you will see some reason for the vet's leaning toward Democracy...
Income. The Supreme Court, by invalidating AAA processing taxes, and Congress, by voting the Bonus, severely dented President Roosevelt's budget estimates of last January. Loss of processing taxes cost the Government $452,000,000 of anticipated revenue. Exclusive of that loss, receipts for fiscal 1936 were $157,000,000 more than the President estimated in January. Total receipts...
Outgo-In fiscal 1936 the Government spent $8,879,798,258. That was far over his January estimate, said the President, because Congress had tacked on $1,674,000,000 for the Bonus. If it had not been for that, he would have spent some $439,000,000 less than was planned...