War and Taxes

by Kirk J. Stark, Joseph J. Thorndike, Stephen A. Bank

Overview

The history of America’s tax system can be written largely as a history of America’s wars. During World War II, Americans were urged to ration food, raise money, and accept higher taxes. After September 11, we were given tax cuts and asked to shop. Has the United States broken a noble tradition of fiscal sacrifice with the current, unprecedented wartime tax cuts, or are they the mark of new economic, and social forces at work? War and Taxes weighs the question by considering six conflicts that span the American Revolution to the present war in Iraq.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780877667407
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/06/2008
Series:	Urban Institute Press
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)