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Barcode30053003812511
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No336.200973 WILL
Title The price of democracy : the revolutionary power of taxation in American history / Vanessa S. Williamson.
Author Williamson, Vanessa author.
CollectionNEW: Adult 300-399
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003812511336.200973 WILL12/9/2025 Available

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Personal Name Williamson, Vanessa author.
Title Statement The price of democracy : the revolutionary power of taxation in American history / Vanessa S. Williamson.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Basic Books, [2025]
Physical Description 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary, Etc. "Americans have always fought over the meaning of freedom and equality. What is not commonly recognized is that these battles, from the framing of the Constitution to the decades-long backlash to the civil rights movement, have largely revolved around one issue-taxes. In The Price of Democracy, Vanessa S. Williamson challenges the myth that Americans are instinctively anti-tax, revealing that fights over taxes have always been proxies for deeper conflicts over who is included in "We the People." Poorer people have repeatedly built movements that sought to tax all Americans to create a more equal and democratic nation. Wealthy people have responded by constraining the power to tax and stifling democracy through voting restrictions, gerrymandering, and violence. Yet as hard as anti-tax crusaders have fought to create an America that redistributes not from rich to poor, but from non-white people to rich white people, the battle rages on. The Price of Democracy uncovers how fights for fiscal fairness have defined American history, delivering a powerful message to the present: that taxes are the public's most powerful weapon in the fight for a real democracy"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Taxation History United States
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Democracy History United States
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Democracy Economic aspects United States.

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