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Contrast of taxes and the pork barrel in modern America
A columnist contrasts English tax policy with American corporate and individual taxes arguing Americans pay more per capita under Morgenthau proposals and that English taxation on dividends is more transparent. He recalls rising prices, union labor, and the evolution from small pork barrel projects to vast federal appropriations, urging readers to recognize the scale of government spending.
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