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Roosevelt's 1937 Inaugural Address Cited in Tax-the-Rich Push
Original: From Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Second Inaugural Address, delivered January 20, 1937. # Zer0Billionaires # TaxTheRich # soc
A passage from Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second Inaugural Address, delivered January 20, 1937, is being recirculated amid debate over taxing the wealthy. The quote, invoked under the banner of eliminating billionaires and taxing the rich, is being shared in discussions about poverty and economic inequality in US politics, drawing comparisons between 1930s rhetoric and today's wealth policy arguments.
Why now: Ongoing US debates over wealth taxation and inequality have revived interest in Roosevelt's Depression-era rhetoric.
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- From Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Second Inaugural Address, delivered January 20, 1937. # Zer0Billionaires # TaxTheRich # socialsciences # poverty # USPolitics · zer0billionaires · 26
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