Category · 6 postsWealth
All posts in the automatic “Wealth” category, newest first.
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March 5, 2025
Billionaires!
We owe a lot to our billionaires! I know there is a lot of disrespect and accusations that they aren’t paying their fair share to…
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July 28, 2018
Paul Allen, No. 26
Originally published 11/09/2013 · republished 2018
Originally Posted 11/09/2013 Paul Allen, according to Forbes Magazine, had $15.8B and was the 26th richest US citizen as of April 2013. Concern about the…
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October 10, 2016
Boosting Buffett’s Bill (Original 8/31/2011, Updated 10/10/2016)
Originally published 8/31/2011 · republished 2016
Here begins some introduction to the original post, updated now because it looks like higher marginal income tax rates are once again on the federal…
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July 1, 2016
Millionaires and Billionaires and Wealth (3/10/2013)
Originally published 3/10/2013 · republished 2016
There is plenty of evidence that the rich are getting richer but not as much that the poor are getting poorer. The annual Forbes Magazine…
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June 15, 2016
Industrialization of America: A Refreshing Story
Originally published May 17, 2011 · republished 2016
I am reading History of the American People by Paul Johnson, a British citizen who has written a fascinating outsiders view of America after several books in…
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June 15, 2016
Cornelius Vanderbilt – New Biography by T. J. Stiles
Originally published July 14, 2010 · republished 2016
Even though Cornelius Vanderbilt funded the establishment of Vanderbilt University, my alma mater, it would be difficult to argue that he was a philanthropist or…
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