Before politics overwhelmed the world, the primary meaning of “liberal” was “generous.”
President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress have given political liberals a chance to take that meaning back — by opening their wallets to show just how much they value NPR, PBS, and other programs defunded by the GOP.
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There’s no shortage of cash on the left:
Laurene Powell Jobs, the mega-rich backer of The Atlantic, has a net worth that was estimated above $11 billion a year ago and is thought to be even higher today.
George Soros, at 94, has a fortune in the vicinity of $7 billion, with billions more in his Open Society Foundations.
Bill Gates has about $115 billion, and his ex-wife, Melinda, around $30 billion.
Any one of these
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