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His policy platform centers on combating affordability crises through measures such as universal child care, free buses, and raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
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Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
As asset prices rise at a time when everyday prices and wages are stagnant, a speculator class becomes enormously wealthy, driving a wedge between the workers—those who depend on wages for their income—and the wealthy—those who depend on rents, dividends, and asset prices for their income.
—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Whatever’s drawing them, the wealthy are certainly more willing than ever to pay top dollar to live on Fisher Island.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
Cleaver pointed to the exclusion of the tax credits on Monday, saying that Republicans chose to slash taxes for the wealthy and cut government services instead of working with Democrats.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2025
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Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
As asset prices rise at a time when everyday prices and wages are stagnant, a speculator class becomes enormously wealthy, driving a wedge between the workers—those who depend on wages for their income—and the wealthy—those who depend on rents, dividends, and asset prices for their income.
—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Whatever’s drawing them, the wealthy are certainly more willing than ever to pay top dollar to live on Fisher Island.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
Cleaver pointed to the exclusion of the tax credits on Monday, saying that Republicans chose to slash taxes for the wealthy and cut government services instead of working with Democrats.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2025
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“The wealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20wealthy. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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