Influence is power

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The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy Children's Activities Influence is powerA revelatory book that lifts the curtain on Americas most consequential public deception: how the rich get richer using tools the government gave them. Amid conflicting narratives about the drivers of wealth and inequality in the United States, one constant hovers in the background: the US tax code. No political force has been more consequentialor more utterly opaquethan the 7,000 page document that details who pays what in American society and