Democratic (socialist/fascist) de facto President Franklin Roosevelt, Esq., signs the Revenue Act of 1941,
- Increasing the top rate of the excess profits tax from 50 to 60%,
- Making permanent the temporary individual, corporate, and excise tax increases of the IRA of 1940,
- Temporarily raising the Federal corporate income tax rate another six to seven percent, and the individual income tax rate four percent, and
- Decreasing the personal exemption for married couples from 2,000 to 1,500 “dollars.”
NOTE: As an attorney (Officer of the Court) Roosevelt was ineligible to serve in two branches of government at the same time, according to Article I, Section 6 [Clause 2].
[restored 7/29/2022] Thanks to Bill Holmes for this entry
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“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance, s.V. “NewDeal,” 753.
us events
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Revenue Act of 1941 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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