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[8] In January 1963, Kennedy presented Congress with a tax proposal that would reduce the top marginal tax rate from 91 percent to 65 percent, and lower the corporate tax rate from 52 percent to 47 percent; in total, the cut was projected to decrease income taxes by about $10 billion and corporate taxes by about $3.5 billion. 0000007410 00000 n 5376, is designed to reduce the deficit and lower inflation while investing in domestic energy production and lowering healthcare drug costs. 61. Bracket creep means the effect of inflation that pushes taxpayers slowly into higher tax brackets. E&|u(*)x4n.j8F\`wI84MjAzUE>CTl'c>RBk5U endobj Pros: 1. This side-by-side comparison can help businesses understand the changes and plan accordingly. 16. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, John F. Kennedy: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, January 20 to November 22, 1963, 7392. Wallace presented the following package of the combinations as a tentative code: (1) cut corporate rates and speed up corporate collections, and (2) cut individual rate, eliminate dividend credit and exclusion, abolish sick-pay exclusion, and set a 4% floor on casualty losses. 17. endstream Stanley S. Surrey to Wilbur D. Mills, Memorandum re General Tax Revision Activities of House Committee on Ways and Means, 19591961, 24 December 1958, HSC, HLSL, SSSP, Box 14, File No. 124. Over the weekend, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a climate and health-care bill that . The five tax cuts of George W. Bush mainly included a reduction of individual income tax rates, temporary estate tax cuts, accelerated depreciation, the exclusion of dividend income, cuts in capital gain taxes, and increases in corporate tax breaks. W. Elliot Brownlee, Tax Regimes, National Crisis, and State-building in America, in Funding the Modern American State, 19411995: The Rise and Fall of the Era of Easy Finance, ed. Name each of the accounts, and describe briefly what the balance in each at the end of any accounting period represents. 3 0 obj <> 31. 0000004571 00000 n Black Muslims. --Moreover, those benefitting most from increased government attention to the poor were often the construction companies, doctors, real estate developers, and middle-class professionals who supplied the services the government demanded. Surrey served in his position until 1968. 71. 0000001863 00000 n Among other things, his students studied ways to distribute tax burdens equitably among income groups. He mentioned price stability through monetary policy as a long-range purpose. \textbf{Purchase Date} & & \textbf{Quantity} & \textbf{Unit Cost} & \textbf{Total Cost}\\ Content may require purchase if you do not have access. -the emphasis was on self-help, with the government providing money and know-how so that the poor could reap the benefits of neighborhood day-care centers, consumer-education classes, legalaid services, and adult remedial-reading programs, set aside $9.1 million acres of national forest for protection, provided $1.3 billion for aid to elementary and Another cold war post war practice test thing, John David Jackson, Patricia Meglich, Robert Mathis, Sean Valentine, Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, Anderson's Business Law and the Legal Environment, Comprehensive Volume, David Twomey, Marianne Jennings, Stephanie Greene. 0000001531 00000 n 58. <> Congressional Budget Office, The Distribution of Major Tax Expenditures in the Individual Income Tax System, http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/43768_DistributionTaxExpenditures.pdf, 2013. Stein, The Fiscal Revolution in America, 44950. This study, according to Surrey, essentially regarded the task of tax reform as that of restoring fairness to the federal tax system by ending both the escape of many well-to-do individuals and large corporations from the burdens of that system and the ironic contrast of placing an income tax on those still in the poverty class. Second, all three individuals, especially Keynes, stressed that tax cuts are applicable to all additional expenditure made, not in substitution for other expenditure, but out of savings or borrowings. Public Papers of the President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, 19631964, bk. Treasury Department, Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of Finance for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1948 (Washington, D.C., 1948), 5053; Treasury Department, Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of Finance for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1946 (Washington, D.C., 1947), 8993. Stanley S. Surrey to Frank Ikard, 17 November 1959, HSC, HLSL, SSSP, Box 39, File: Ways and Means Committee, 195760; Stanley S. Surrey to Lee Metcalf, 17 November 1959, HSC, HLSL, SSSP, Box 39, File No. 96. For Surreys background, see, for example, Mirit Eyal-Cohen, Preventive Tax Policy: Chief Justice Roger J. Traynors Tax Philosophy, Hastings Law Journal 59 (March 2008); Griswold, Erwin N., A True Public Servant, Harvard Law Review 98, no. for this article. Hansen, Alvin H., Fiscal Policy and Business Cycles (New York, 1941), 12585, 289312.Google Scholar. 63. Belden L. Daniels, Resolution on Tax Reduction, 8 April 1963, JFKL, WWHPP, Box 23, File: Tax 4/63. Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project (http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=26084). After Kennedy took office, he convened Treasury consultants meetings regarding tax, monetary policy, debt, and government expenditure. It is a fact, contradicting the popular notions about politicians and tax cuts in election years, that neither the Congress nor the public has been aroused by all the recent tax-cut talk. Kennedy Bars Tax Cuts Now, Citing Upturn, New York Times, 14 August 1962. And the extra taxes levied on corporations do not reflect increases in the corporate tax rate, but Lerner is generally reputed as one of old fiscal policy scholars who were influenced by Hansen. If fiscal policy is used as a deliberate instrument for the more equal distribution of incomes, its effect in increasing the propensity to consume is, of course, all the greater. He continued: Assuming that the State applies the proceeds of these duties to its ordinary outgoings so that taxes on incomes and consumption are correspondingly reduced or avoided, it is, of course, true that a fiscal policy of heavy death duties has the effect of increasing the communitys propensity to consume. See Keynes, John M., The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes, Volume 7: The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (Cambridge, 1973), 9495, 37273.Google Scholar. Then, the administration put great pressure on these companies to reverse their decision and finally, they had no choice but to obey. the1960's. September 23, 2022 - The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ("IRA") was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Aug. 16. Pros And Cons Of The Reagan Era . 72. PurchaseDateDec. L. 88-272 ), also known as the Tax Reduction Act, was a tax cut act proposed by President John F. Kennedy, passed by the 88th United States Congress, and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. <<6A73E4FF01AEB2110A0070633EDCFD7F>]/Prev 380774>> See Moggridge, Donald, The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes, Volume 21: Activities 19311939: World Crises and Policies in Britain and America (Cambridge, 1982), 29093.Google Scholar, 21. THE REVENUE ACT OF 1964 Malcolm X, whose original name was Malcolm Little, went to work for the Nation of Islam, He attracted many blacks, especially from the ghettos, by calling for the separation from a corrupt white society. (New York, 1979)Google Scholar; Stein, Herbert, The Fiscal Revolution in America (Chicago, 1969)Google Scholar; Flash, Edward S. Jr., Economic Advice and Presidential Leadership: The Council of Economic Advisers (New York, 1965).Google Scholar. 12 0 obj endobj If it passes, the bill will institute a 15-percent minimum tax on corporate . 101. In 1964, he shifted his strategy, broke from the Black Muslims, and called for working with whites. 4 0 obj [9] Conservatives revolted at giving Kennedy a key legislative victory before the election of 1964 and blocked the bill in Congress. 95%, for sales during any subsequent day. In mid-August, the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law committing $369 billion . Vincent P. Moravec to Kenneth ODonnell, 13 February 1963, JFKL, WWHPP, Box 22, File: Tax 2/13/632/27/63. Prepare a separate journal entry to record the cost of goods sold relating to the January 15 sale of 1,000 Ace-5 reels, assuming that BassTrack uses: A manufacturing firm has three inventory control accounts. Skinner, Kiron K., Anderson, Annelise, and Anderson, Martin (New York, 2001), 27477.Google Scholar, 9. 281: Ways and Means Committee, 195760; Stanley S. Surrey to Frank Ikard, 15 January 1960, HSC, HLSL, SSSP, Box 39, File No. 6 0 obj RATES The most significant achievement of the 1964 Act is rate reduc-tion. Perhaps it is a good start, but it's not a serious effort given the CBO's economic forecast. 47. 111. Penalizes the middle and lower classes The fair tax plan is a progressive tax where the rich pay more and the poor and middle class pay less, but this is only true if an individual spends 100% of his earnings on taxable expenses. 0000008031 00000 n 51. As for their backgrounds, see, for example, Walter Heller, 71, Economic Adviser in 60s, Dead, New York Times, 17 June 1987; Tobins curriculum vitae (http://cowles.econ.yale.edu/faculty/vita/cv_tobin.pdf); Finding Aid of Kermit Gordon Personal Papers, http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/KGPP.aspx?f=1. 0000001210 00000 n [13], The stated goals of the tax cuts were to raise personal incomes, increase consumption, and increase capital investments. To help more working families cut down on transportation costs, this legislation provides a $4,000 tax credit specifically for lower- and middle-income individuals to buy a used clean vehicle . Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Tax Reduction Act Higher Education Act Air Quality Act Water Quality Act Omnibus Housing Act Economic Opportunity Act Warren Court The Great Society After the Assassination. <> August 29, 2022. . August 9, 2022. xref Gardner Ackley to John F. Kennedy, Your Meeting with AFL-CIO Economic Policy Committee, 8 November 1962, JFKL, WWHPP, Box 22, File: Tax Cut 11/62. The income tax rates . 0000001763 00000 n Pierson, Paul, From Expansion to Austerity: The New Politics of Taxing and Spending, in Seeking the Center: Politics and Policymaking at the New Century, ed. The Inflation Reduction Act earns revenue through a few tax pathways. endobj In total, $430 billion will be put towards fighting climate change, reducing prescription and . The act also reduced the corporate tax from 52 percent to 48 percent and created a minimum standard deduction. -Critics of the tax cut questioned its economic impact, arguing that the economic surge was already underway, stimulated by defense spending, new technology, and cheap oil. 6. In a similar vein, the bill expands tax credits for clean vehiclesa fantastic solution for emissions reductionbut does not include provisions concerning public transportation, which is needed by many individuals and families that cannot afford an electric . 405: Hon. 86. 130. Spreading throughout the Southwest in 1968 was a. wave of strikes, called 10 0 obj Please give the pros and cons of the Reduction Tax Act if 1964. 110 0 obj Keynes, Hansen, and Lerner also mentioned tax cuts as measures to stimulate recovery. 0000001324 00000 n 104. Keynes wrote that Income taxes, especially when they discriminate against unearned income, taxes on capital-profits, death-duties and the like are as relevant as the rate of interest. 134. 22. Source of government revenue: Taxes is a source of government funding and allow the government to spend the money on improving the country's infrastructure. This letter appeared in the New York Times on 31 December 1933. --On the other hand, no significant redistribution of income resulted even after increased funding for food stamps, public housing, and health care. During August 1963, a quarter of a million Americans participated in the largest civil rights demonstration, which took place in, Please give a brief but specific answer to the following question. In April 1962, the steel companies approved this recommendation. 115. .0e ,"0}m@NH0 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed on July 2, 1964 and was signed into law by President Johnson. 12,2010Jan.9,2011TotalonhandQuantity6009001,500UnitCost$2932TotalCost$17,40028,800$46,200. Specific identification (500 of the units sold were purchased on December 12 , and the remaining 500 were purchased on January 9 ). See Steuerle, Financing the American State at the Turn of the Century., 137. 70. Keynes described his desire to take advantage of the opportunity of war finance to effect a considerable redistribution of incomes in the direction of greater equality., 24. Walter W. Heller to James Tobin and Kermit Gordon, Eventual Memo to the President on Tax Cuts, 20 February 1961, John F. Kennedy Library (JFKL), Walter W. Heller Personal Papers (WWHPP), Box 21, File: Tax Cut 11/24/603/29/61. Indeed, he remembered his grade as C, or so at least he liked to tell his economists in later years (Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., A Thousand Days, 621). The cap would save roughly 1 million seniors about $1,000 each year. [6] Kennedy believed that the tax cut would stimulate consumer demand, which in turn would lead to higher economic growth, lower unemployment, and increased federal revenues. As for the details of the federal tax system structured by the Revenue Act of 1954, see U.S. Congress, Joint Economic Committee, The Federal Revenue System: Facts and Problems, 1961 (Washington, D.C., 1961). . The students claimed the right to freedom of expression and 79. However, interest rate increases beyond those required for balance of payments reasons are clearly undesirable under present conditions (whether taxes are cut or not) and should be avoided. Warren Smith to Walter W. Heller, Financing of a Deficit Resulting from a Tax Cut, 7 August 1962, JFKL, WWHPP, Box 22, File: Tax Cut 8/62. Increased minimum standard deduction from $300 plus $100 per capita (total maximum $1,000) to $1,000. Immediately prior to this sale, BassTracks perpetual inventory records for Ace-5 reels included the following cost layers: PurchaseDateQuantityUnitCostTotalCostDec. 67. 91. 36. [10], Lyndon B. Johnson succeeded Kennedy as president after the latter was assassinated in November 1963. 27. Walter W. Heller to John F. Kennedy, Business Views on the Economic Outlook and Tax Cuts, 10 November 1962, JFKL, WWHPP, Box 22, File: Tax Cut 11/62. 2 0 obj Herbert Stein, The Fiscal Revolution in America, Part II, in Funding the Modern American State, 19411995, ed. Women's increasing participation in the workforce and higher education J. Sinclair Armstrong to Stanley S. Surrey, 24 April 1963, HSC, HLSL, SSSP, Box 92, File No. - that criticized the sexist assumptions of dominant, American society. Lyman S. Ford to United Funds, Community Chests and Community Welfare Councils, 25 January 1963, HSC, HLSL, SSSP, Box 63, File No. 33. IPvF6SOWX7hV(%m: E'hBPl_bZi'MG5" l E of Treasury (Robert A. Wallace), Troika, SeptemberDecember 1962. The withholding rate was cut to 14% in 1964. 97. Besides from being an important step to equality, it was also a glimmering beacon of hope for all of those who were victims of discrimination. --University of California, Berkley, Please give a brief but specific answer to the following question. endobj 92. Some initiatives and costs are justified. 1935: Capital Gains, 196364. 281: Ways and Means Committee, 195760; Stanley S. Surrey to John W. Byrnes, 15 January 1960, HSC, HLSL, SSSP, Box 39, File No. The basis for the act is Congress's taxing and spending power as stated in the U.S. Constitution, article I, section 8, which authorizes the legislature to provide for the general welfare. endobj Lyndon B. Johnson: Radio and Television Remarks upon Signing the Tax Bill, 26 February 1964, ed. 118. Smith argued as follows: We must continue to keep our interest rates adjusted to those prevailing in foreign money centers in order to prevent . Richard Musgrave, Fiscal Policy Outlook, 28 June 1962, JFKL, WWHPP, Box 22, File: Tax Cut 6/627/62. 126. resistance. Kennedy Bars Tax Cuts Now, Citing Upturn, New York Times, 14 August 1962. 711(C): Estate and Gift Tax (1), 196167. The administration regarded a rise in the price of steel would significantly influence the prices of other products and the economy as a whole and sent major steel companies letters to inform them they should not seek profits via price increases. 11 0 obj 0000005958 00000 n Whites bombed black churches, and beat and jailed activists, and also shot them. 90. In addition, he was of the opinion that the tax system did not prevent opportunities for more equity capital for larger businesses. 0000003902 00000 n See Keep the Income Tax but Make It Fair, U.S. News & World Report, 27 July 1956. See, for example, Harvey E. Brazer, 68, Professor of Economics, New York Times, 18 May 1991; Faculty History Project of University of Michigan, http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/harvey-e-brazer. The New York Times in August 1962 stated, Without a clear and present dangeras the President expressed itthe Administration felt that it could not excite Congress into emergency action. Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project, http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=26084. The Office of Tax Analysis of the United States Department of the Treasury summarized the tax changes as follows:[1], The President addressed the issue of tax reform before the Economic Club of New York at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on December 14, 1962. 132. more aware of and willing to protest inequalities between the sexes. He thought that high tax rates might diminish incentives to make more money. between WW II and the 1960's made women. At the same time, both Kennedys and Johnsons administrations chose to attempt to reduce government expenditures, doubting the wisdom of stimulating the economy through a higher level of government spending. Treasury Department, Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of Finance for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1951 (Washington, D.C., 1952), 4452; Treasury Department, Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of Finance for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1950 (Washington, D.C., 1951), 3442. <> Antifeminists achieved their greatest victory in blocking. The Treasury Department, Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1970 (Washington, D.C., 1971), 29. In addition, Hansen and Lerner argued that controlling individual income tax rates could have useful short-term purposes, such as economic recovery and restraint of inflation. Walter W. Heller to John F. Kennedy, The Range of Tax-Cut Choices before Us, 9 August 1962, JFKL, WWHPP, Box 22, File: Tax Cut 8/62. It includes instituting a minimum corporate tax of 15% for any organization that nets $1 billion-plus in income, or revenue of $300 billion. In theory, the tax will reduce pollution and encourage more environmentally friendly alternatives. American students at N. Carolina A&T College in Greensboro, North Carolina, Sat at a whites-only lunch counter are requested service. 39. 108 0 obj As to the outline of the Nixon administrations proposal, see The Treasury Department, Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1969 (Washington, D.C., 1970), 2633. 62. Reagan, Ronald, Taxes, October 18, 1977, in Reagan, In His Own Hand, ed. The Research Institute of America, Inc., Tax Research Report to Executive Members, 24 January 1963, JFKL, WWHPP, Box 22, File: Tax Cut 1/16/631/31/63. 13 (Washington, D.C., 1959). any indication of over-hasty action or undue concern at this time would only serve to increase foreign doubts as to the course of the American economy and could well lead to very dangerous reactions on our balance of payments. C. Douglas Dillon, The Current Economic Situation and Proposals to Meet It, 6 June 1962, JFKL, WWHPP, Box 22, File: Tax Cut 6/627/62. His special area of focus was public finance, and this involved the examination of various methods of raising money to operate the government and its numerous public service programs. 111 0 obj 1875: Campaign, 1964. However, critics argue a tax on carbon will increase costs for business and reduce levels of investment and economic growth. Harris worked as one of the economic advisers to Kennedy in the presidential campaign in 1960. <> 77. As for this series of hearings, see U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Tax Revision Compendium of Papers on Broadening the Tax Base, vols. The new larger credit begins to phase out for married filers with incomes of more than $400,000 an. hasContentIssue true, Copyright Donald Critchlow and Cambridge University Press 2017. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> stream See Daunton, Martin J., Just Taxes: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 19141979 (Cambridge, 2002)Google Scholar; Trusting Leviathan: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 17991914 (Cambridge, 2001). <>>> 44. The act cut federal income taxes by approximately twenty percent across the board, and the top federal income tax rate fell from 91 percent to 70 percent. Before he returned to Harvard, while in the Treasury, he prepared a major study on tax reform that was published in early 1969. The Pros And Cons Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 There are many controversial decisions that were made in the last 100 years in American history. Carbon Tax - Pros and Cons. 1942: DeductionsGeneral, 196263. In fact, since World War II, it has happened only twice: President Kennedys tax cut in the sixties and President Reagans tax cuts in the 1980s. The act became law on February 26, 1964. In late 1958, in a memorandum for Mills, Surrey recommended that the CWM reexamine the income tax structure in 1959 and 1960, make the revision of the income tax base its most important subject, study whether broadening the tax base would permit a reduction of income tax rates for all brackets, and utilize outside experts, largely from universities, on a topic-by-topic basis. 7 Revenue Act of 1964, 204(a) (1). A carbon tax aims to make individuals and firms pay the full social cost of carbon pollution. 0000000876 00000 n The result is that the new act accomplishes some rate reduction, but does little in the way of tax reform. He served the Treasury as a deputy assistant Secretary of the Treasury and director of the OTA under Kennedy from 1961 to 1963. The surtax rate would drop to 28% in 1964 and 25% in 1965. 75. <> 405: Hon. [11] Johnson signed the bill into law on February 26, 1964. 88. 0000007824 00000 n Stanley S. Surrey, The Relationship of Revenue Administration to Fiscal Policy with reference to Underdevelopment Countries, 15 November 1956, Historical Special Collection (HSC), Harvard Law School Library (HLSL), Stanley S. Surrey Papers (SSSP), Box 35, File No. Taxing Ourselves: A Citizens Guide to the Debate over Taxes. stream voting rights. --The free speech movement Stanley S. Surrey to Thomas G. Morris, 12 March 1964, HSC, HLDL, SSSP, Box 81, File No. Furthermore, he observed, When I hear people urging us to cut tax rates in order to increase revenues when we have full employment, then I know theyre either asking for inflation or hoping for some kind of fiscal black magic. He did not believe that the rate or level of taxation itself was necessarily such as to prevent a continued rise in economic activity, although he thought that rates could be reduced, and must be reduced in the long run. Witte, The Politics and Development of the Federal Income Tax, 16672. support for civil rights and other causes. Psychologists have found that the effects of subliminal stimuli tend to be ___________________. Please give a brief but specific answer to the following question. Under President Donald Trump, this sweeping piece of. --Cultural radicals, or "hippies" stressed personal rather then political and institutional change and rejected mainstream norms of the time. Economic Indicators, February 1961, 1; Economic Indicators, February 1963, 2. The act was initially blocked by conservatives like Senator Harry F. Byrd, but Lyndon Johnson was able to guide it through Congress after the assassination of Kennedy in November 1963. Otto Eckstein, Richard Goode, Joseph Pechman, Carl Shoup, and Seymour Harris attended the meeting. 2. The normal rate of 30%, applicable to the first $25,000 of taxable corporate income, would drop to 22%, while the surtax rate would rise to 30% in 1963. Wallace regarded Goldwaters tax-cut program as irresponsible for the following reasons: (1) The idea that a potential increase in revenues could possibly achieve all that was expected by Goldwater was patently absurd. Louis Cassels, This Man Shapes Your Tax Bill, Nations Business, March 1956; Looking at Tax Effects, Business Week, 21 May 1955. in tax law. Discuss the violence visited against black and white protesters working for civil rights and voting rights in the South in 281: Ways and Means Committee, 195760. Mettler, Suzanne, The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy (Chicago, 2011).CrossRefGoogle Scholar. 0000008232 00000 n The plan also included reforms designed to reduce the impact of itemized deductions, as well as provisions to help the elderly and handicapped. 76. . action to ensure equal opportunity, required states to set and enforce water quality standards, In February 1960, massive direct action for civil rights began when four African- 105. After 1799, the British income tax system increased its progressivity until 1920, the year in which the full development of the progressive principle became a permanent part of British income tax. 127. Dillon Defends Curbs on Deductions as Allowing Across-Board Tax Cuts, Wall Street Journal, 7 February 1963. From 1958, Surrey served with Shoup on a tax assistance mission to Venezuela. -Abolished the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting 135. Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in late 2017, undoubtedly hailed the most drastic amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 since that year. Chairman Wilbur D. Mills, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Announces Committees Plans for Study Aimed at Revision of Federal Tax System, 18 May 1959, National Archives College Park (NACP), Record Group (RG) 56, Office of Tax Policy: Subject Files (OTPSF), Box 68, File Folder #55: Tax Legislative Program for 195960, Mills Subcommittee, 195962; Address of Chairman Wilbur D. Mills, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, before the Ninth Annual Mid-Year Conference of the Tax Executive, Shoreham Hotel, Sunday Evening, 15 February 1959, 15 February 1959, NACP, RG 56, OTPSF, Box 68, File Folder 55: Tax Legislative Program for 195960, Mills Subcommittee, 195962. It's Tax Time The federal government says you owe $5,000 in taxes. Wilbur D. Mills, Remarks before the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Washington, D.C., 16 October 1968, The Hendrix College Archives (HCA), Wilbur D. Mills Papers Collections (WDMPC), Box 644, File 3. In 1966, Heller wrote in retrospect: The $13 billion full-employment surplus in 1960 was an oppressive economic drag, a major force pulling us down into the recession of 196061. Walter W. Heller, New Dimensions of Political Economy, 67. ] Johnson signed the bill will institute a 15-percent minimum tax on corporate and a. 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