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Japan Tax Hikes and Navy Spending Proposal
The article outlines Japan increasing its navy expenditure to 150 million dollars over six years and proposing a graduated income tax rise with a 20 percent war profits tax. Minimum incomes are taxed from 10 to 50 percent, with a $250 minimum, and personal income over 1500 dollars taxed at 15 percent, while companies with profit increases pay 20 percent. It also notes a fascination with Pershing of French descent and a celebration in Laclede Missouri.
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Japan
Pershing
Laclede
United States
Pierre Ligneste Lacade
Bion
France
St. Louis
Alsace
Joseph Pring
General Pershing