Word: rich
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...politicians see the other side of the shield. Within not much over a year many of them must stand for reelection. Their constituents are anxious to see the other fellow, the fellow with more money, taxed. If the surtaxes of the rich man are lightened, the average constituent feels that he (the poor man) will suffer, regardless of the fact that the Government may get more money. The La Follette insurgent group are potent fosterers of this impression. They maintain that to burden the rich is to unburden the poor. The argument has a popular vote-getting appeal. They...
...truth, something more than a likelihood. But if Secretary Mellon is right (and there seems to be much well founded opinion that he is), to reduce the surtaxes would be the best possible way of preparing for a bonus. He holds simply that to burden the rich beyond a certain point is also to burden the poor. Nevertheless, the insurgents in Congress demand that if there be a revision of income surtaxes it be upward instead of down, with excess profits taxes restored. They charge Secretary Mellon with favoritism towards the wealthy. It is probably true that Mr. Mellon does...
...national treasurer insensible to the political possibilities of " Soak the rich...
...usual, the cards of fate gave to the rich. In this instance, however, the poor did not lose. The two principal winners are James Henessy (Henessy's Three Star French brandy), and a South American named Pulcinelli, said to be a multi-millionaire cigarette manufacturer...
...tall skinny friend and a plethoric friend who help him put down his liquor. There is also a former lover of Mary who used to wait for her in the snow and slush outside the shop. In conclusion Mary decides that it is more fun to be rich and worried than poor and bored...