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Sanders calls out billionaires For Sanders, who has long called for the wealthy to pay up, the tax has never been so necessary.
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Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Namings often tied to philanthropic giving The current clamor bears some resemblance to the controversy that surrounded the wealthy Sackler family’s culpability in the deadly opioid crisis, because in both cases the institutions involved had received vast sums from the family.
—Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the wealthy monarchy of Qatar, which sits on some of the world’s biggest natural gas reserves and maintains a vast and fragile infrastructure to extract it, has taken a much more conciliatory position, calling for immediate de-escalation and a quick return to business.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
The lunch-time meet-and-greet could have been any other ladies-who-lunch event in the wealthy Atlanta neighborhood.
—Patricia Murphy, AJC.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Namings often tied to philanthropic giving The current clamor bears some resemblance to the controversy that surrounded the wealthy Sackler family’s culpability in the deadly opioid crisis, because in both cases the institutions involved had received vast sums from the family.
—Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the wealthy monarchy of Qatar, which sits on some of the world’s biggest natural gas reserves and maintains a vast and fragile infrastructure to extract it, has taken a much more conciliatory position, calling for immediate de-escalation and a quick return to business.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
The lunch-time meet-and-greet could have been any other ladies-who-lunch event in the wealthy Atlanta neighborhood.
—Patricia Murphy, AJC.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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“The wealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20wealthy. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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