Word: taxes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...People. As to civil rights, the platform recommended prompt legislation "to end [the] infamy" of lynching; and urged abolition of the poll tax. The embarrassing point might be made that the 80th Congress had shown no great eagerness to tackle such civil-rights legislation. But the G.O.P. pledge would heighten the embarrassment of Democrats when they came to write their own plank...
...kill a bill carrying what he called the "socialistic" provisions of the Senate's Taft-Ellender-Wagner bill for slum clearance and 500,000 low-cost housing units. The Senate balked at his own housing bill which he rammed through the House under a gag rule. It extended tax privileges to private builders, guaranteed their profits and mortgages. Cried New Hampshire's Charles Tobey: "A monstrosity . . . The veterans have been flim-flammed...
...Repeal of the federal tax on oleomargarine...
...last week's GOPrimary a surprisingly large number of voters turned up- 42% more than in 1944. The American Farm Bureau Federation (which did not like Governor Blue's tax programs) had drummed up a big registration. Labor unions (which did not like his anti-labor laws) advised Democrats to switch their allegiance, get a Republican ballot and vote against Blue. Teachers (who did not like the governor's economizing on school funds) turned out in droves. Result: a stunning defeat for Governor Blue...
...Tax Forms. The-Treasury Department ruled out further use of the withholding tax receipt as a "simplified" tax return form for incomes of $5,000 or less. Reason: this "simplified" form (called W2) had proved "too confusing." To replace it, the Treasury is revising the 1040-A "short form...