Federal Finances: Or the Income of the United States (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from Federal Finances: Or the Income of the United States The object of the following pages is to set forth in a plain and concise manner the United States system of taxation. This book is not a work on political economy, and no attempt will be made to discuss the merits of any tax system. The story of how our government levies and collects the money necessary to pay the annual expenses of so great a nation will be the scope and aim of this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
