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The new man on the job - Drawing. Public domain image.

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The new man on the job - Drawing. Public domain image.

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A man representing the "Idle Rich," wearing an "Income Tax" yoke and chain around his neck, joins a man of "The Working Class" in walking a treadmill labeled "Governmental Expenses." The worker appears relieved to have the additional aid.
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Signed, lower right: Clubb 13 / [club logogram].
Title inscribed in pencil below image.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.900)
A new income tax law became effective on November 1, 1913. This cartoon illustrates that the new legislation distributed the tax burden more evenly on all classes.
Exhibited: Corcoran Gallery of Art, "The Great Game of Politics," 1972.

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01/01/1913
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Clubb, John Scott, 1875-1934, artist
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National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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