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Your Pessimism Is Ridiculously Inaccurate

Because its denial is incessantly repeated, the following truth must be incessantly restated: we ordinary Americans are fabulously rich and getting richer. The irony is that we are so very materially prosperous – with a prosperity that is shared by nearly all Americans – that we take our happy condition for granted. Most of us don’t see…

Amazon Founder Surpasses Bill Gates As The World’s Richest Man

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is now the wealthiest man in the world, according to a CNBC report published Thursday. With a fortune valued at more than $90 billion, the technology entrepreneur surpasses Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who is estimated to have a net worth also around $90 billion….

CPAC Panel: End The Subsidies For Solar, They ‘Only Help The Rich’

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Members of the Conservative Political Action Conference panel “Energy Rationing: The Tragic, Unintended Consequences” argued energy subsidies tend to make products only slightly cheaper and redistribute cash from poor taxpayers to the rich. “There’s rampant fraud in net metering,” Steve Pociask, president of the American Consumer Institute’s…

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Portland Will Require CEOs Making Too Much Money to Pay Special Tax

by Micah J. Fleck In the name of what is perceived as fair, highly successful CEOs of companies setting up shop in Portland, Oregon will soon need to pay 10% more in taxes if they make more than 100 times more than their employees. So reports The New York Times: Moving to address income inequality…