The Income Tax: WWII Disney Propaganda

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Funded and approved by the US Department of Treasury in 1943, this Disney featurette was to encourage every good American to do his "duty" and pay his taxes, which, at this time, were at an all time high. Those who do not wish to pay or don't pay it gladly are depicted as friends of Hitler and enemies of liberty and democracy.

Contrary to what has been stated on other posts of this film, it was never "banned" by anyone. Not only was it approved by the Treasury Secretary, it received an Academy Award nomination for "Best Documentary Feature." Even President Roosevelt himself had a hand in approving Donald Duck as the main character.

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  • I am german and happy everytime when I see Nazis get their asses kicked :3

  • @jultomtemor You know whites are just a skin tone right, their not superior to other races. Having other races can enrich and diversify a culture.

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  • @Gamemasternumberone besides, Hitler wasn't German anyway.

  • everyone needs to read Edward Bernays' Propaganda.

  • @TheVaporeonrules234 Yep, Germans did good things, Nazis not. And if there is something good for us left, it was not good back then.

  • @Gamemasternumberone Good! Even though germans have their dark spot in history, They've done alot of good too.

  • This will sound bad, but if you take away the war and the halocaust, hitler wasnt a bad leader by a long shot. Even time magazine's man of the year in 1936 or something. Or at least that last part was what my teacher told me.

  • now i just feel un-american, cuz i heard "God Save the Queen" being played at the end :P

  • lots of double and triple "V's" in morse code being thrown around. dit dit dit dah.

    Love the end "freedom from want"?

  • haha, midway through the episode, they dont even show donald anymore

  • I don't know what's so creepy about this.

    I found this to be highly educational and very interesting.

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