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Beware 'Tax the Rich'

By Betsy McCaughey
Wednesday, August 12 2026

Taylor Swift is enemy No.1 to cash-grabbing Democrats in Rhode Island. They've named their new statewide vacation home property tax after her. But from the East Coast to the West Coast, "tax the rich" is the battle cry of radical-left Democrats. They claim that by attacking the rich, including celebs like Swift, they're saving democracy. Don't be fooled. Their new forms of taxation – including wealth taxes, mansion taxes and pied-a-terre taxes – are fueled by jealousy and hatred for our free-market system, working people and everything American.…

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