That would be chump change for our social engineering rulers today. But I imagine even 22% was a big betrayal of the promises made by the originators of the income tax.
You're really digging into the archives here. It took me a minute to orient myself.
11 posted on 07/28/2009 1:56:54 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))