Session #68 · 1923–25

Speech #680028055

But you will find that the decreased returns in the surtax brackets are far greater than all the outstanding taxexempt bonds in the whole country. You have got a system of tax dodging and the average payer of surtaxes has become callous in his taxdodging proclivities. A few days ago there were hearings in the Committee on Immigration. and there was a provision in the proposed bill before the committee that anyone who went to Ellis Island to claim a relative coming from the other side would have to show his income by the receipt for the payment of his income tax. How do you get that? Anyone going to claim a relative at Ellis Island who safd that he was willing to support the immigrant had to prove his ability by showing his incometax receipts. Why. such a provision should be in the Committee on Ways and Means. Now. make your tax returns public.
Keywords matched
immigrant Immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
FIORELLO LA GUARDIA
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
680028055
Paragraph
#0
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