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Income tax woes talk between Birsky and Zapp
In a heated skit by Montague Glass, Birsky and Zapp lampoon the 6.5 percent tax bite on Americans. They joke about deductions, stock schemes, and the burden of income taxes from 1915 onward, noting how even Rockefeller-like wealth faces staggering levies and a changing cost of gasoline.
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Birsky
Louis Birssy
Zapp
Rochester
San Francisco
Gott
Alles
Hirsky
Hook
Julius
Germany
Charles L. Schwab
Abraham Carnegie
Certified Public Accountants
Indi
Totelsmount
John D. Rockefeller
Granderstand
Rockafellar
United States Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachussetts
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4App
Hallo
Max
Forsyth Street
New York Tribune