Word: earner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...federal income-tax structure. The present structure, piled up piecemeal over the years, combines steeply rising tax rates that reach a confiscatory 91% with a maze of loopholes and deductions. A millionaire may pay a lower rate of income tax on his gross income than a salary earner who has to scrape to send his children to college. One taxpayer may carry a much heavier tax burden than a neighbor with the same gross income and the same number of dependents...