01:45:20 What purpose does the underlined portion of this excerpt
serve in the argument that Americans should agree to pay
more taxes to raise money for entering the war?
Read the excerpt from Roosevelt's "Four
Freedoms" speech
A part of the sacrifice means the payment of more money
in taxes. In my Budget Message I shall recommend that a
greater portion of this great defense program be paid for
from taxation than we are paying today. No person should
try or be allowed to get rich out of this program; and the
principle of tax payments in accordance with ability to pay
should be constantly before our eyes to guide our
legislation
It introduces the claim that patriotic Americans should be
willing to sacrifice and pay extra taxes.
It provides the reason why extra taxes must be collected
should America decide to join the war.
It counters the claim that extra taxes may not be
collected fairly or put to good and honest use.
It offers evidence that Americans can trust their
president should extra taxes be collected.