Kevin McCarthy, Meet Frederick Gillett - The American Conservative

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : True to form, La Follette vowed to expand government intervention in the economy and institute a more progressive tax system.
58% : Established by constitutional amendment in 1913, the income tax was a foundational component of the progressive reform agenda.
57% : Imperiled by the catastrophe on the southern border, America needs a comprehensive new immigration regime.
50% : Harding's plan to revive the economy entailed reducing government expenditures and lowering income tax rates.
36% : Upon entry into World War I, the Wilson administration raised the required revenue by levying taxes at much higher rates -- from a 15 percent top marginal rate in 1916 to 77 percent in 1918, before declining to 73 percent through 1921.
21% : Coolidge easily defeated La Follette for the Republican nomination, and the party enthusiastically united behind him and a platform pledging to reduce taxes.

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