Gary wanted to enjoy being a man of wealth and leisure, but the country was making it none too easy.

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By celebrating the moral character and competitive accomplishments of entrepreneurs that earn their wealth by providing for the needs of their fellow man through free exchange, Rand lays out a dichotomy that shows why the "greater good" is better served by the selfishness of the latter than the altruism of the former.

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Such lengthy trusts can keep large chunks of wealth out of the tax man's reach for decades, or maybe even forever, he adds.

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But while it's exciting to contemplate the giving nature of Gates and Buffett, if their true desire is to help their fellow man, they should hoard every penny of their significant wealth.

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Mostly, though, the speech laid out the humdrum economies of a man whose ambitions ran to political advancement, not wealth.

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The abiding feature of the Armstrong case is that many of the Twitter comments were condemning one man who pursued previously unattainable wealth in an era where global sponsorship flooded sport with money.

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