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Igor Volsky

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Former Executive Director of Groundwork Action | Former ED & Co-Founder of @GunsDownAmerica & VP at @AmProg
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The Founders’ Warnings About Excess Wealth Have Come Appallingly True Original

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By Igor Volsky
| The New Republic Verified
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, wealth inequality has ballooned to a historic high. Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire, and a new class of billionaires is soon to be minted as AI companies prepare to go public. And while some leaders want you to believe this type of extreme wealth embodies the enduring promise of the American dream, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
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Taxing Billionaires Is the Easiest Way Democrats Could Gain Voter Trust

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By Igor Volsky
| Yahoo Verified
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM's home for opinion and news analysis. Ask voters in the country's most competitive congressional districts what's wrong with America, and you'll hear two answers. First, everything costs too much. Second, the government is corrupt. Ask them which party will actually fix those problems, and you'll get a shrug. Corruption now ranks as a top-tier concern alongside cost of living and threats to democracy.
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The Taxman Cometh and Billionaires Can Afford It Original

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By Igor Volsky
| Pacific Sun Verified
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is spending $57 million to defeat a proposed billionaire tax in California. “I fled socialism with my family in 1979 and know the devastating, oppressive society it created in the Soviet Union,” he explained. “I don’t want California to end up in the same place.” Months before it collapsed, my family and I also fled the Soviet Union. But that experience led me to support both the 5% tax on California billionaires and a national wealth tax.
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