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Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Hoover years, 1931-1933

Book by Will Rogers · 24 quotes · Taxes, People, Ifs

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Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Hoover years, 1931-1933 Quotes

“Wall Street is being investigated, but they are not asleep while it's being done. You see where the Senate took that tax off the sales of stocks, didn't you? Saved 'em $48,000,000. Now, why don't somebody investigate the Senate and see who got to them to get that tax removed? That would be a real investigation.”

“Get a sales tax, small on necessities and large on luxuries; then a stiff inheritance tax on the fellow that saves and don't spend. That will get him either way. A tax paid on the day you buy is not as tough as asking you for it the next year when you are broke.”