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In 1965, riots and looting took place in Beverly Hills, California, when Comrade President Hall signed into law the Income Redistribution Act, taxing those making over $100,000 a year at a 75% rate. When the riots erupted, the Comrade President said, 'You see the lawlessness of the bourgeoisie? This is why they need to be controlled by the state.'
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