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Day: February 14, 2021

Four Purposes of Federal Taxes

Four Purposes of Federal Taxes

May 8, 2026February 14, 2021 by Steven Hail

Beardsley Ruml wrote in 1946 that taxes for revenue are obsolete. So what ARE they for?

Categories Economic Justice Tags MMT, Taxation

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