In the time of this grave national danger, when all excess income should go to win the war, no American citizen ought to have a net income, after he has paid his taxes, of more than 25,000 a year. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

In the time of this grave national danger, when all excess income should go to win the war, no American citizen ought to have a net income, after he has paid his taxes, of more than 25,000 a year.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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