California is full of young people who were transformed into millionaires when crypto went mainstream.
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Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
Gilchrest, a social worker by training, spoke about wealth inequality, the ability of millionaires and billionaires to avoid taxes, and the widening gap between pay at the top and bottom of the average corporate salary range.
Castillo notes that billionaires have already adopted this strategy, spending millions on at least three counter-initiatives.
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Brad Hamilton,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Among the most powerful exponents of this view are billionaires Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen; both venture capitalists have their own investments in the nuclear energy sector and are influential Trump supporters.
Trial attorneys also have deep pockets, setting up an expensive political brawl.
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Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
21 Mar. 2026
The former actress is at wit’s end because a shifty developer (Billy Carter) with deep pockets and a Russian girlfriend (Elise Kibler) who is besotted with Richard is making moves to reshape the town that will bring on the demise of its struggling theater.
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