Word: taxing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pending bills (see THE CONGRESS), and what he would do about them if passed in such-and-such forms, kept President Coolidge busily occupied, conferring, suggesting, protesting, making himself felt, making himself clear. The Senate's latest program of tax reduction had his approval; the McNary-Haugen farm marketing bill was probably riding to a veto; the Senate's flood-control bill was dubious and when it passed the House and went to conference, President Coolidge received its proponents again & again. He yielded stubbornly to their insistences and insisted on points of his own. The new week began...
...From the National Manufacturer's Association, President Coolidge received comfort. The association's chief, John E. Edgerton of Tennessee, notified the Senate Finance Committee that U. S. manufacturers regard "excessive" tax reduction as "a reckless invitation to an Executive veto under the President's responsibility to sustain a balanced budget." More, the manufacturers specifically endorsed the Administration's latest tax-reduction estimate - $182,000,000 in case of a 30-million...
Flood Control levy this year, or $201,000,000 if Flood Control is postponed. More still, the manufacturers took square issue with the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, whose insistence on a far larger tax-cut than the Administration approves is frequently represented to be the voice of Industry...
Because there is a crushing British tax on engines of Ford dimensions, the tiny and lightly taxed Morris-Cowleys are bought in preference to Fords by thrifty Britons...
...government, he has let Congress ride roughshod over his opinions in nearly every important issue that has come before it. From the time of the passing of the Bonus Bill over his veto, both houses have had the bit in their teeth and have raced through a series of tax reduction, naval appropriation and other measures with complete desregard for his views. The "Big Stick" of Roosevelt's day has been pared down to a slim wand totally lacking in either persuasive or coercive powers...