I do not believe that the Government should seek social legislation in the guise of taxation. If we are to adopt socialism, it should be presented to the people of this country as socialism, and not under the guise of a law to collect revenue.
President Calvin Coolidge, quoted in “Economists Clash on Inheritance Tax,” Washington Post.
Friday, February 20, 1925
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