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Review Of “Only The Rich Can Play” By David Wessel

Review Of “Only The Rich Can Play” By David Wessel

OZ has a really fascinating origin story which Mr. Wessel tells in a very engaging manner.  He introduces Sean Parker, who is now my favorite billionaire after Warren Buffett.  We get Parker’s life story from precocious coder who was tracked down by the FBI for his hacking when he was sixteen to founding Napster and on to an early role in Facebook which is apparently the source of his fortune.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.