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...Until about 1912 our Federal Government was supported by a tariff upon imports and a tax upon liquor and tobacco products. Then a demand suddenly arose to "soak the rich...
...reluctance-something which has done the superintendent no harm at all in the years since O'Dwyer tumbled from public esteem-was understandable enough. So was O'Dwyer's final decision. Jansen has all the basic virtues. He is a strong, calm, kindly man, able to soak up work like a sponge, make endless speeches and never offend anyone. He understands the school system, its people, its aspirations. He is not a crusader, a scholar or a showman. He still likes and understands children...
...Administration is still divided on whether a sales tax should be proposed. Many politicos believe it would be political suicide, would raise the old cry of a plot to "soak the poor." But a sales tax may not be so explosive an issue as politicians think. For one thing, 31 states and even a few cities, e.g., New York and Baton Rouge, already have them. Britain has had sales taxes for years, and Canada gets 16% of its revenue from such...
...these objections have validity. Most of the revenue raised by a sales tax would have to come from those with middle-and lower-bracket incomes because they form the majority of the population. But it would hardly "soak the poor," since food and housing and medical expenses, on which the lowest-income families spend as much as 65% of their earnings, would be exempt under all proposed plans. Instead, the biggest dent, dollarwise, would be made on those who have the most to spend on nonessentials. As for a pyramiding of the tax, Congress could easily prevent this by requiring...
...country for lack of popular support. Brought back from exile in France by the British after World War II, the sad-faced, fiercely mustached old soldier won the premiership three times (1945, 1950, 1951), once in a surprise victory on a platform favoring the Marshall Plan, NATO and "soak the rich" taxes, vainly tried to conciliate Greece's Communist guerrillas, never stayed in office longer than a year...