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Brant HoustonUniversity of Illinois
Paul Manafort (pictured) and Rick Gates are facing 12 counts, including conspiracy to launder money, conspiracy against the United States and other charges. | Elsa/Getty Images
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015f-6d73-d751-af7f-7f735cc70000
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015f-6d73-d751-af7f-7f735cc70000
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015f-6d73-d751-af7f-7f735cc70000
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015f-6d73-d751-af7f-7f735cc70000
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015f-6d73-d751-af7f-7f735cc70000
https://www.fara.gov/
https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundromat-trump-tower-luxury-high-rises-dirty-money-international-crime-syndicate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-secret-to-trump-hes-really-a-russian-oligarch/2016/08/19/bc7226a2-6623-11e6-be4e-23fc4d4d12b4_story.html?utm_term=.870b12835bab
https://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2017/10/17/forbes-400-2017-americas-richest-people-bill-gates-jeff-bezos-mark-zuckerberg-donald-trump/#730b286b5ed5
https://www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht/superyacht_sea_owl.html
https://www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht_musashi.html
Larry Ellison - Yacht - Yacht Name: Mushashi - Yacht Length: 88 m (288 ft) -Guests: 18 in 9 cabins - Crew: 23 in 10 cabins - Yacht Value: US$ 130 million -Owners Name: Larry Ellison - Larry Ellison Net Worth: US$ 49 billion - Owners Company: Oracle - Owners Country: USA - Larry Ellison previously owned the 138 meter Rising Sun, but he considered her too large to reach nice yachting destinations. Ellison owns several large houses in Malibu, California.
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/95m-superyacht-kismets-winning-combination--25961
http://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-facts-about-bill-gates-house-2016-11/#its-worth-at-least-124-million-today-1
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/23/mark-zuckerberg-hawaii-land-lawsuits-kauai-estate
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/us/politics/wealthy-families-presidential-candidates.html#donors-list
https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topindivs.php
http://www.muckety.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDsPWmioSHg
https://www.curbed.com/maps/industrialist-mansions-estates-across-america-map
http://www.nndb.com/lists/439/000127058/
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/12/how-oligarchs-took-america//
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/kj9zai/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-martin-gilens---benjamin-page
All oligarchs are fully disarmed No oligarchs rule – if in office it is not
for, or as, oligarchs The coercive state defends property
rights through bureaucratic institutions Oligarchs submit to laws in exchange
for property protection - Jeffrey Winters, “Oligarchy”
Oligarchs pursue their objectives of income defense by using their power and resources to shape political incomes in their favor. - Winters
1913 federal income tax was deliberately imposed on the wealthiest individuals
The income tax was effective on oligarchs only in its first four years
- Winters
https://www.withersworldwide.com/en-gb/
https://www.withersworldwide.com/en-gb/
David Cay Johnston, business journalist, reported in 2003 there were 16,000 lawyers specializing in trusts and estates.
https://davidcayjohnston.com/about-david/biography/
Tax evasion and avoidance through laws, lawyers and accountants
$18 trillion of assets are offshore (IMF estimate 2009)
Now estimated at $32 million - Tax Justice Networkhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-offshore-wealth/super-rich-hold-32-trillion-in-offshore-havens-idUSBRE86L03U20120722
$400 billion of taxes avoided globally each year (Tax JusticeNetwork)
https://www.taxjustice.net/
http://www.businessinsider.com/major-study-finds-that-the-us-is-an-oligarchy-2014-4
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/clinton-donors
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/02/19/here-are-the-7-biggest-donors-to-the-bill-hillary-and-chelsea-clinton-foundation/?utm_term=.048d5e721f28