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Jane Mayer

“A consequence, however, was that the tax code turned many extraordinarily wealthy families, intent upon preserving their fortunes, into major forces in America’s civic sector. In order to shelter themselves from taxes, they were required to invent a public philanthropic role. In the instance of both the Kochs and the Scaifes, the tax law ended up spurring the funding of the modern conservative movement.”

Jane Mayer, Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
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