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Donald Trump: “There was no income tax system... That came back in 1913.”

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Donald Trump Discusses Texas Flood Response, Tariffs, and Military Operations

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It was. Nobody had seen anything like it. And it all came in for. From tariffs and people didn't pay tax. There was no income tax system... That came back in 1913. That came back and lived well for a while. And then you had the Great Depression. And then later they brought. (1:43:09–1:43:15)

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Asserts that the income tax system was reintroduced in 1913.

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