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Billionaires Are Having The Worst Week Ever

Billionaires Are Having The Worst Week Ever

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Nov 04, 2022
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In the summer of 1997, Sylvia Plath wrote “More money, more problems” in the pages of a leather-bound diary. The very same diary that would later be discovered by Italian historians who dedicated their lives to uncovering the accomplishments of forgotten women in history. Who knew that a woman could be right?!

When you think about it, a billion dollars is kind of a lot of money. It’s like — the price of a billion dollar menu fries at McDonalds, or three sweaters, two pairs of trousers, and a pair of slip-on loafers from The Row, and that’s sayin something! Imagine having all that money and still behaving like a broke bitch.

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