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Father Scott: Tax the ultra rich, solve ills

Dear Mark,

I don’t want us to forget the lesson of King Midas.

The ancient ruler was obsessed with gold and wished that everything he touched would turn to it. Granted this power by a sympathetic Greek god, Midas was overjoyed until he realized he could no longer eat or even touch his beloved daughter without turning things and people to gold.

Desperate, he begged to have the curse undone, …

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