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Nanjeanne

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10. It's not that he is calling out "bad" billionaire trillionaires vs "good" oligarchs. He is simply saying
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 12:38 PM
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ALL uber wealthy should be paying more. And pointing out how less that 1000 people (including Buffet) own more wealth than the bottom 90%. And showing how an increase in taxes on these people would raise — and the uber wealthy would still be uber wealthy.

Has nothing to do with calling out specific people - it’s about calling out an obscene tax policy that benefits only these 938 people instead of benefitting the millions of Americans left outside that circle.

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