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US tax policy

Why are the Super-Rich often liberals?

By John Schroy, on March 7th, 2010 | 8 comments
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If we are to believe the old adage that, ‘people vote their pocketbooks’, why are so many of the Super-Rich ardent supporters of the Democratic Party?

Why do the liberal Super-Rich seem to act in a way that is so contrary to their selfish interests and economic well-being?

Here I show how capital flow analysis of the Federal Reserve flow of funds accounts provides an answer to this apparent conundrum.

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