Fact 7: Politicians have successfully conflated the meanings of “rich/wealthy” and “high earners”. Thus, they can claim to “tax the rich” while the truly rich are not actually earning; they sock their funds into tax-exempt bonds and use other tax-evasion/reduction strategies. |
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