Word: taxes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...citizens now smoke a billion cigarettes a day, according to the calculations of the Federation of Tax Administrators...
...Treasury complained that it was losing a billion dollars a year through tax evasion, asked Congress for 10,000 more men to collect...
...some U.S. journalists, his program would be too radical for most U.S. citizens. He has proposed: 1) nationalization of heavy industry, mines, forests, utilities, banks and transportation; 2) redistribution among small farmers of large estates and confiscated Japanese lands; 3) a planned economy; 4) a soak-the-rich tax program with total exemptions for poorer classes...
...average three room suite at Harvard now rents at close to $160 with bare furnishings. They put three young men into it which means that for 16 weeks the College receives $480. That's $120 a month for three rooms in a tax-free building. Recently you raised my four and one half room (including modern kitchen) apartment from $100 to $115 and I complained. In the light of conditions at Harvard I now see how well off I am in contrast to the students (even if they do get a view of the Charles) at our leading educational institution...
...strident step forward was repeal of the tax on oleomargarine (TIME, May 10). By a vote of 47 to 30, the Senate overruled Arthur Vandenberg's decision to send the House repeal bill to the anti-oleo Agriculture and Forestry Committee, routed it instead to the pro-oleo Finance Committee. The vote virtually assured repeal in the Senate and the end of the butter lobby's 62-year reign...