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War and Taxes

Kirk J. Stark; Joseph J. Thorndike and Stephen A. Bank

The history of America’s tax system can be written largely as a history of America’s wars. During World War II, Americans were urged to ration food, raise money, and accept higher taxes. After September 11, we were given tax cuts and asked to shop. Has the United States broken a noble tradition of fiscal sacrifice with the current, unprecedented wartime tax cuts, or are they the mark of new economic, and social forces at work? War and Taxes weighs the question by considering six conflicts that span the American Revolution to the present war in Iraq.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Urban Institute

Pages: 238 •

978-0-87766-740-7 • Paperback • June 2008 • $40.00 • (£30.00)

978-0-87766-812-1 • eBook • June 2008 • $38.00 • (£30.00)

Series: Urban Institute Press

Subjects: Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development

War and Taxes

Cover Image

Paperback

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The history of America’s tax system can be written largely as a history of America’s wars. During World War II, Americans were urged to ration food, raise money, and accept higher taxes. After September 11, we were given tax cuts and asked to shop. Has the United States broken a noble tradition of fiscal sacrifice with the current, unprecedented wartime tax cuts, or are they the mark of new economic, and social forces at work? War and Taxes weighs the question by considering six conflicts that span the American Revolution to the present war in Iraq.

Details

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Urban Institute

Pages: 238 •

978-0-87766-740-7 • Paperback • June 2008 • $40.00 • (£30.00)

978-0-87766-812-1 • eBook • June 2008 • $38.00 • (£30.00)

Series: Urban Institute Press

Subjects: Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development

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