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feb 21, 1936 - Wealth Tax

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Congress passed the Wealth tax to raise the top tax rate to 79%. At the time more than 95% of families payed no income tax at all, and the act was originally known as the "Eat it Rockefeller Act"

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feb 21, 1936
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~ 90 years ago