Tag: February 1938
Mapes Exposes Tax Loophole, Washington D.C., 1938
On a chilly winter Monday in February 1938, the halls of Congress in Washington D.C. were abuzz with controversy. Representative Mapes, a Republican from Michigan, ignited a firestorm when he revealed a glaring loophole in the city’s tax code. The business privilege tax, a 10% levy on gross receipts, was meant to rake in revenue…
