Story in Time · July 25, 1926

100 years ago today

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The Evening StarWashington, D.C.

Coolidge signs Revenue Act, cutting income tax rates

President Coolidge today approved the new revenue measure, reducing surtaxes and repealing several wartime levies. Treasury officials predicted a modest surplus for the coming fiscal year.

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Also on the wire that day

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New-York Tribune · New York, N.Y.
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The Washington Times · Washington, D.C.
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In plain terms

In 1926, President Coolidge signed a new revenue law that lowered surtax rates and eliminated several taxes left over from World War I. Treasury officials expected the changes to still leave the government with a small budget surplus.

100 years on

There is no substantive link between a 1926 tax law and today's heat dome affecting the central U.S.; one concerns fiscal policy, the other severe weather. Any connection would be forced, so none is drawn here beyond both being dated news items a century apart.

Today on Apprise

Heat dome expands across the central United States, creating dangerous conditions for millions

A heat dome is set to expand across much of the central United States, pushing temperatures above 100 degrees from Dallas to North Dakota

Historic material: Chronicling America, Library of Congress (public domain). Plain-terms and comparison written by an Apprise AI editor.