#wealthy-elites
#wealthy-elites

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The immense power of the new plutocracy: How billionaires like Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg shape our lives and our democracies

Privileges exempting elites from taxes fueled popular discontent in 1789 and continue to enable very low effective tax rates for the richest today.

When he got the news, one apparatchik purportedly said, into an open microphone, 'My God, my God, from now on we'll have to kiss his ass.'

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