Session #82 · 1951–53

Speech #820106828

He came up the hard way. He carried scrap iron and drove an old horse to start with to get going in this country. He is the son of an immigrant. He says. "It has been impossible for men of moderate incomes. including those with incomes from $25.000 up. to invest oz save. because of the high taxes which have been with us a great many years. What has made America great? What has given a man an incentive to work? Making it Impossible for a man to succeed and better his income will give us socialism and finally communism. If that is where we are headed. why slaughter the youth of our Nation fighting something that we are at present pointing our heads toward?" Then he implores Congress to "let each man have the incentive to get aheadan immigrant to become a millionaire. a laborer too could become a millionaire." These are facts. and history has proven the exactness of these statements. "Worry! Yes. worrywhat has been done to us taxwise. not what they are going to do." I hope such men and women will become articulate and organize to be effective as a pressure group for liberty from the tyranny of taxation.
Keywords matched
immigrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Family values

Speaker & context

Speaker
RALPH GWINN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
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Speech ID
820106828
Paragraph
#0
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