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Editorial
October 9, 1886
The Asheville Citizen
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
The editorial proposes that Congress tax incomes of northern millionaires who profited from war necessities and Republican-granted monopolies without paying taxes, and allocate public lands for education, distributing funds to states based on illiteracy. Democrats should enact these to relieve public burdens and educate youth.
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Let Congress, at its next session, tax incomes, so as to make the millionaires of the North—who made their money either out of the necessities of the war or of monopolies granted by the republican congresses, and who pay no taxes to the government while drawing millions as interest—pay something towards supporting the government; and next, set apart all the public lands for educational purposes, the fund arising annually therefrom to be distributed among the States according to illiteracy. Let the democrats pass these two measures next winter, and great burdens will be taken from the people, and great good be done, in an honest, legitimate way, toward educating the rising generations.
What sub-type of article is it?
Taxation
Education
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Income Tax
Millionaires
Public Lands
Education
Illiteracy
Democrats
What entities or persons were involved?
Congress
Millionaires Of The North
Republican Congresses
Democrats
States
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Income Tax On Millionaires And Public Lands For Education
Stance / Tone
Advocacy For Taxing The Wealthy And Funding Education
Key Figures
Congress
Millionaires Of The North
Republican Congresses
Democrats
States
Key Arguments
Tax Incomes Of Northern Millionaires Who Made Money From War Necessities Or Monopolies
These Millionaires Pay No Taxes While Drawing Millions In Interest
Set Apart Public Lands For Educational Purposes
Distribute Annual Funds From Lands Among States According To Illiteracy
Democrats Should Pass These Measures To Relieve Burdens And Educate Rising Generations