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Why did populist like Mary lease claim there was a conspiracy between the government and big business

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Federal courts declared an income tax unconstitutional (why we see the 16th Amendment authorizing constitutional right to tax), & the Federal court injunction forcing workers back to work in the 1894 Pullman Strike that why Populists Mary Lease & Labor Unions charged a conspiracy between gov't & big business.

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