Word: moneyed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...lend your money to the Government, you may be quite sure that it is going to be used for some national purpose--to prosecute the war successfully, to care for, equip, arm, and supply our soldiers in France, to be used by our Navy in ridding the seas of the murderous U boats...
...spend your money even with the belief that by putting it into the channels of trade others into whose hands it comes will lend it to the Government, you will have done something the patriotism of which may be very questionable...
...money that we put behind the army and the navy should be invested for the duration...
Every nation, when it has to borrow money, should borrow it from its own people. That is what this country is doing through the Liberty Loans. Money is needed now in great quantities. The Loan is a good investment and is as secure as the Government itself. And, finally, the purchase of Liberty Bonds helps the conduct of the war, and that is the primary reason for investing in them. You should all help make this loan a success with a view to aiding materially in winning...
...excess profit taxes. We supposed that each would yield about $1,200,000,000. The best present estimate is that the total of the two taxes will be from $500,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 greater than that. Hence we do not have to borrow so much money as we thought...