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Bettie

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3. Why? Because the ultra wealthy

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 04:26 PM

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the billionaire class is who owns the media.

As long as THEY don't have to pay taxes, it's all good.

And yes, they pay some taxes, probably, but they have ways to avoid most of it.

They certainly aren't feeling any pain about taxes or prices or anything.

And they run everything now, so we're basically just toys for them to break.

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