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Bilionaires get wealthy by producing value and capturing some of it. They wouldn't have gotten that money if someone didn't pay them for a product or service.

The only exceptions are those who made fortunes via government monopolies, which is yet another example of why the State needs to have its power checked. Unrestrained capitalism is not the problem, crony capitalism is, and crony capitalism is a function of Statism.




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