Word: patchwork
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...political purpose served by words, Franklin Roosevelt did not have to rush into hasty deeds, was expected to let Congress take its time. And time is what Congress needs. With an unscientific patchwork of tax irritants already on the books, Congress' real job was to overhaul the entire U. S. tax structure, revise it toward two simple objectives: maximum revenues and maximum production. Meanwhile, with the President's untimely words in its ears, many a U. S. corporation recalled the last time it had "a steeply graduated excess-profits tax." The memory was not pleasant...
After picking over this vague patchwork, M.P.s were still skeptical. But when they went home and dug down in their files, they found that Ronald Cross was probably not exaggerating...