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Facts about billionaires. They don't have bank accounts like we do...

They have art collections, yachts, mansions and stocks.

None of it is taxed until they sell it. So they don't sell it; they borrow against it instead. They then live off the loans and pay almost nothing.

Then when they die, their children inherit it, all tax-free.

Their wealth never gets taxed. It just gets passed down.

For the rest of us:

We're taxed when we earn money.
We're taxed when we spend money.
We're taxed when we save money.
And we're taxed when we're dead and our children inherit our money.

Billionaires borrow against their wealth, and skip all four.

Same country, different rules.

And Americans wonder why the inequality gap keeps getting wider.
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Ynotisay · M
Accurate. There's a multitude of ways they hide their wealth. The game changed with Reagan and the writing was on the wall then. And that it coincided with the Christian Conservative movement, and co-opting "patriotism," wasn't an accident. They manufactured culture wars to divide because they knew that a unified populous would put an end to the strategy.

If there was ONE issue in this country that should bring Americans together, irrespective of party, it's wealth disparity. But nope. The hooks are in too deep. It's "Us vs. Them" but the "us" is fighting the wrong enemy.People have been systematically brainwashed to kiss the hand that beats them.

It's when I'm most reminded that more than 50% of Americans read below a 6th grade level.