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title: "There are 639 billionaires in the US, worth approximately $3.1…"
date: 2020-07-11
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships updated his status.
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# There are 639 billionaires in the US, worth approximately $3.1…

*July 11, 2020 · Facebook*

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There are 639 billionaires in the US, worth approximately \$3.1 trillion. Even if you taxed every single penny they owned\--their entire net worth\--you still wouldn\'t be able to pay for a single year\'s worth of Federal government spending (\$4.8 trillion).
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