Word: taxes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last week, when the Democratic primary returns were counted, it was obvious that the voters lumped all the Longs together, and that many were disgruntled at Old Earl's tax boosts (TIME, Aug. 30). Russell won by less than 10,000 votes. It was, nevertheless, a handsome victory. It made Russell the youngest U.S. Senator (he would be 30 the day after the final election in November) to be elected since West Virginia's Rush Dew Holt in 1935.* And it strongly bulwarked the Long tribe's power in Louisiana...
...Face. Tossy's usual job is boring the coal to receive dynamite charges. Some days he works as a loader, heaving coal with a pan shovel (like an oversized soup spoon) onto a shaker conveyor. By working two overtime shifts, he grosses about $80 a week, but income tax, union dues and other check-offs leave him only $55 take-home...
Would the government really force privileged big shots to hand over their hoards of gold and U.S. dollars? Would China devise and enforce an efficient tax system? Would the government resist the temptation to pay its bills by grinding out more & more notes on the printing presses? Would it freeze prices and wages...
...Cali, defiant squads roamed the streets carrying thermos jugs, passing out coffee free to all. In Bogota's Cafe El Dorado, a grey-maned lawyer declaimed: "They're trying to tax a tradition-aye, exploit friendship itself!" In La Botella de Oro, a young sculptor shouted: "The birthright of all Bogotanos-a harmless vice, our oldest tradition. Double the price? No hay derecho! (They have no right...
Said a resident of El Fanguito last week: "When we came here, we had to wade through mud up to the knees. Munoz filled in the streets. Before he came into power, many people here lost their poor little homes because they could not pay their taxes. Now we pay no property tax. How shall I vote? For Munoz, all my life...