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This was around the time that HBO dropped the fourth season of Succession and the internet was obsessed with decoding the wealthy aesthetics of the Roy family.
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Kai McNamee, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
This one stars Irish actor Andrew Scott as the title character, who is recruited by the wealthy father of Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to bring his dilettante son home from Italy.
—Esther Zuckerman, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
But one thread runs through much of the wealthy opposition to the president: taxes.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Jeffrey Epstein’s island is alleged to have been a secret haven for the misdeeds of the wealthy and the powerful.
—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
Unfortunately, the wealthy seldom pay their fair share.
—Susan Harley, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
Plus, any major program—especially a free and universal one—would be more expensive to taxpayers, who might resent that even the wealthy can access it for free (a critique that has also derailed efforts to make college free).
—Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
The budget proposes about $5 trillion in new taxes on corporations and the wealthy over a decade.
—Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
In his speech to Congress — and on the campaign trail — Biden has used taxes as a populist device, drawing a contrast between his plan to expand services for the working and middle classes and Trump’s tax law, which mainly benefited the wealthy and corporations.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
Kai McNamee, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
This one stars Irish actor Andrew Scott as the title character, who is recruited by the wealthy father of Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to bring his dilettante son home from Italy.
—Esther Zuckerman, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
But one thread runs through much of the wealthy opposition to the president: taxes.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Jeffrey Epstein’s island is alleged to have been a secret haven for the misdeeds of the wealthy and the powerful.
—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
Unfortunately, the wealthy seldom pay their fair share.
—Susan Harley, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
Plus, any major program—especially a free and universal one—would be more expensive to taxpayers, who might resent that even the wealthy can access it for free (a critique that has also derailed efforts to make college free).
—Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
The budget proposes about $5 trillion in new taxes on corporations and the wealthy over a decade.
—Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
In his speech to Congress — and on the campaign trail — Biden has used taxes as a populist device, drawing a contrast between his plan to expand services for the working and middle classes and Trump’s tax law, which mainly benefited the wealthy and corporations.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
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“The wealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20wealthy. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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