Democratic (socialist/fascist) de facto President Franklin Roosevelt, Esq., signs the Internal Revenue Act of 1941:

  • Increasing the lowest corporate rate from 22.1% to 30% on amounts under 25,000 “dollars”;
  • Increasing the highest corporate rate on amounts earned over 25,000 “dollars” from 35% to 44%; 
  • Increasing the tax on “excess” corporate profits from 25% to 35% on amounts under 25,000 “dollars to 60% on amounts over 500,000 “dollars”;
  • Making permanent the temporary individual, corporate, and excise tax increases of the IRA of 1940;
  • Temporarily raising the Federal corporate income tax rate another six to seven percent, and the individual income tax rate four percent; 
  • Increasing the number of personal “income” tax brackets from 31 to 32;Increasing the lowest personal rate on the first 4,000 “dollars” earned from 4% to 10% on the first 2,000 “dollars” earned;
  • Increasing the highest personal rate on amounts earned over 5,000,000 “dollars” from 79% to 88%; and
  • Decreasing the personal exemption for married couples from 2,000 to 1,500 “dollars.”

       NOTES:

  • As an attorney (Officer of the Court) Roosevelt was ineligible to serve in two branches of government at the same time, according to Article I, Section 6 [Clause 2].
  • This is the further realization of plank number two of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx.

       [updated 5/3/2025] Thanks to Bill Holmes for this entry

Subsequent Events:

10/21/1942                 2/25/1944                  1/12/1951

Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface

References:

Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance, s.V. “New Deal,” 753.

us events
www.duke.edu/~charvey/Country_risk/chronology/us-events.htm

Revenue Act of 1941 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1941

The New Deal
www.uri.edu/artsci/newecn/Classes/Art/INT1/Mac/1930s/new_deal.htm

Corporate Income Tax: Definition, History, Rate
www.thebalance.com/corporate-income-tax-definition-history-effective-rate-3306024

Communist Manifesto 10 Planks
www.libertyzone.com/Communist-Manifesto-Planks.html

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,216,389,414,480

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