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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by theplague42 on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @11:31AM (#24199891)
You don't think billionaires have political power? What about the tax breaks states use to entice Amazon to build a new HQ? What about Elon Musk trying to shape public opinion against rail transit?

The US literally just elected a billionaire with no prior political experience to the Presidency four years ago!

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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by BurningFrog on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @11:35AM (#24199945)
What I said is they're far from being a ruling class.

Of course they have some political power.

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