Molly Mitchell Moore

Yeah, right. So they feel pretty good, which is the sort of extraordinary part. And one of the things that's really sort of fascinating is to look at, well, I mean, how do you sell this income tax that, you know, people don't like paying taxes necessarily, right?

But our tax system still relies on volunteerism. You know, maybe you'll get audited, maybe the IRS will come after you, but you're basically sort of paying your taxes voluntarily. more or less voluntarily.

But our tax system still relies on volunteerism. You know, maybe you'll get audited, maybe the IRS will come after you, but you're basically sort of paying your taxes voluntarily. more or less voluntarily.

But our tax system still relies on volunteerism. You know, maybe you'll get audited, maybe the IRS will come after you, but you're basically sort of paying your taxes voluntarily. more or less voluntarily.

Yeah, right, and it wouldn't have been necessarily a huge check, but it would have been the first time that they did it, so they had to be taught to do it. And one of the things the Treasury Department then does is it works with, I mean, influencers is the wrong word to use for the 1940s, but it's basically that. They work with pop cultural figures.

Yeah, right, and it wouldn't have been necessarily a huge check, but it would have been the first time that they did it, so they had to be taught to do it. And one of the things the Treasury Department then does is it works with, I mean, influencers is the wrong word to use for the 1940s, but it's basically that. They work with pop cultural figures.

Yeah, right, and it wouldn't have been necessarily a huge check, but it would have been the first time that they did it, so they had to be taught to do it. And one of the things the Treasury Department then does is it works with, I mean, influencers is the wrong word to use for the 1940s, but it's basically that. They work with pop cultural figures.

They commission a song called I Paid My Income Tax Today.

They commission a song called I Paid My Income Tax Today.

They commission a song called I Paid My Income Tax Today.

Which was then distributed to, you know, almost a thousand radio stations across the country. It was recorded by Gene Autry. But it is, right, the lyrics are something like, I paid my income tax today.

Which was then distributed to, you know, almost a thousand radio stations across the country. It was recorded by Gene Autry. But it is, right, the lyrics are something like, I paid my income tax today.

Which was then distributed to, you know, almost a thousand radio stations across the country. It was recorded by Gene Autry. But it is, right, the lyrics are something like, I paid my income tax today.

And it's very much sort of geared towards what the song calls Mr. Small Fry. This idea that everybody has an obligation to pay their taxes. The slogan that the Treasury Department decided to use to sell the income tax was taxes to beat the axis, right? So it's very much linked to this effort to win the war. They even go so far as to commission two films from Walt Disney starring Donald Duck.

And it's very much sort of geared towards what the song calls Mr. Small Fry. This idea that everybody has an obligation to pay their taxes. The slogan that the Treasury Department decided to use to sell the income tax was taxes to beat the axis, right? So it's very much linked to this effort to win the war. They even go so far as to commission two films from Walt Disney starring Donald Duck.

And it's very much sort of geared towards what the song calls Mr. Small Fry. This idea that everybody has an obligation to pay their taxes. The slogan that the Treasury Department decided to use to sell the income tax was taxes to beat the axis, right? So it's very much linked to this effort to win the war. They even go so far as to commission two films from Walt Disney starring Donald Duck.

And so again, right, there are these two problems that the government feels like it has to solve. One, people don't know how to pay their taxes. And two, you've got to convince them that they should pay their taxes because it is sort of part of being an American citizen, as part of being a good American citizen.

And so again, right, there are these two problems that the government feels like it has to solve. One, people don't know how to pay their taxes. And two, you've got to convince them that they should pay their taxes because it is sort of part of being an American citizen, as part of being a good American citizen.

And so again, right, there are these two problems that the government feels like it has to solve. One, people don't know how to pay their taxes. And two, you've got to convince them that they should pay their taxes because it is sort of part of being an American citizen, as part of being a good American citizen.

So after the war, the tax system itself more or less stays in place. There are reductions in the rates right throughout, both at the top and at the bottom. But the basic shape remains the same. It's then codified in 1954. And that World War II tax system is basically the basis of the tax system that we're still using today.