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Why Was President Johnson Reluctant to Request a Tax Increase

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Why was President Johnson reluctant to request a tax increase to pay for the Vietnam War?


A) He felt it was an unjust and emotionally taxing conflict.
B) He had just gotten a tax cut through Congress in 1964.
C) He wanted to avoid blame for a war he knew the U.S. couldn't win.
D) He saw U.S. involvement as the fault of the Kennedy administration.

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