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Harold Melia 1913 - 2002

Harold Melia of Pawcatuck, New London County, CT was born on November 13, 1913, and died at age 88 years old on April 27, 2002.
Harold Melia
Pawcatuck, New London County, CT 06379
November 13, 1913
April 27, 2002
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  • 11/13
    1913

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    November 13, 1913
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  • 04/27
    2002

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    April 27, 2002
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    Harold Melia lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1913, in the year that Harold Melia was born, ratified in February the 16th Amendment, establishing a Federal income tax, became law. Previously, customs duties (tariffs) and excise taxes were the primary sources of federal revenue. With the passage of the 16th Amendment, incomes of couples exceeding $4,000, as well as those of single persons earning $3,000 or more, were subject to a 1% Federal tax (that would be about $98,000 and $74,000 now). Rates rose to 7% for incomes over half a million dollars. Less than 1% of the population was subject to income tax.
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In 1933, he was 20 years old when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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