The lottery game that has made millionaires in the United States will expand this summer to include players in England, Scotland and other parts of the United Kingdom.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
Studded with ultra-exclusive resorts and sumptuous private villas, islands in the Grenadines like Bequia, Mustique, and Canouan are said to be where billionaires go to get away from the millionaires.
Of course, the new billionaires minted through the IPO process might then flee the state to avoid future wealth taxes.
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Marc Joffe,
Daily News,
13 Apr. 2026
The tax, which would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of billionaires in the state, has triggered an onslaught of spending and counterproposals by a group of Bay Area billionaires to stop it.
The gaslighting evil plutocrats who want everything own the Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation and other think tanks.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
One issue raised by the burgeoning controversy over the California proposal is how to extract a fair share of public revenue from plutocrats, whose wealth has surged higher while their effective tax rates have declined to historically low levels.
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Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Venture capitalists nearly doubled their spending on new US university spinoffs in 2025 to $690 million after three years of declines, PitchBook data show.
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Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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