Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pa…

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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. ✨ Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5, p.525, Best Books on
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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. ✨ Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5, p.525, Best Books on

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