Railroad Retirement: Hearing Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6766, a Bill to Amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 19367, as Amended, and the Railroad Unemployement Insurance Act, as Amended, and for Other Purposes. June 2, 1948Considers legislation to revise railroad retirement program benefits. |
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... fund and the balance to be deposited to the credit of the account . " SEC . 7. Subsection ( a ) of section 10 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act , as amended , is amended by substituting the following for subdivision ( i ) of ...
... fund and the balance to be deposited to the credit of the account . " SEC . 7. Subsection ( a ) of section 10 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act , as amended , is amended by substituting the following for subdivision ( i ) of ...
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... fund is now so large that it has lost all relationship with any conceivable need . The bill follows a very conservative course with respect to unem- ployment insurance taxes . The graduated tax rate it provides would , in effect , give ...
... fund is now so large that it has lost all relationship with any conceivable need . The bill follows a very conservative course with respect to unem- ployment insurance taxes . The graduated tax rate it provides would , in effect , give ...
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... fund was more than $ 900,000,000 now ? Mr. FORT . Yes . Mr. HESELTON . Do you have an exact figure for any recent date ? Mr. FORT . $ 934,000,000 on March 31 of this year . Mr. LEA . Mr. Fort , tell us what the bill means in dollars ...
... fund was more than $ 900,000,000 now ? Mr. FORT . Yes . Mr. HESELTON . Do you have an exact figure for any recent date ? Mr. FORT . $ 934,000,000 on March 31 of this year . Mr. LEA . Mr. Fort , tell us what the bill means in dollars ...
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... fund of $ 934,000,000 would be reduced . Mr. ROGERS . But it cannot be reduced lower than $ 450,000,000 unless you pay more than one - half of 1 percent ? Mr. FORT . When it is reduced to the point of $ 450,000,000 , the tax would rise ...
... fund of $ 934,000,000 would be reduced . Mr. ROGERS . But it cannot be reduced lower than $ 450,000,000 unless you pay more than one - half of 1 percent ? Mr. FORT . When it is reduced to the point of $ 450,000,000 , the tax would rise ...
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... fund * * put there by these men and women themselves during their working years and by their colleagues in the railroad industry . * I am in hearty accord with the expressed beliefs of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce ...
... fund * * put there by these men and women themselves during their working years and by their colleagues in the railroad industry . * I am in hearty accord with the expressed beliefs of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce ...
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