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I think the argument goes, people who make 500k per year are well off, but they are not running the country. People with 100 million, 1 billion, or hell, 100 bi

I think the argument goes, people who make 500k per year are well off, but they are not running the country. People with 100 million, 1 billion, or hell, 100 billion dollars are the people not paying their fair share. There is an undue burden on the middle and upper middle class.

olivermarks 8y ago
To put it in perspective Leona Helmsley (real name Lena Rosenthal) was worth 8 USD billion when she said 'only poor people pay taxes' in the '80's, and she was one of the little people herself in comparison to the global elites... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Helmsley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Helmsley