plutocrat

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It's a tension between the goals of the plutocrats — the richest people, big business, and the organizations they create to influence policy — and the ideas that Republicans need to articulate to attract ordinary voters.

From Salon

Naturally, plutocrats and their congressional minions don't want to raise the Social Security cap.

From Salon

While "essential workers" were literally worked to death for low wages and the working and middle classes were devastated, the country and the world's plutocrats became even more wealthy and powerful.

From Salon

That is thanks to rules favoring the rich, loopholes Congress refuses to close and minimal enforcement of our tax laws against the plutocrat class.

From Salon

Instead of pursuing a New Deal, however, Trump governed like a plutocrat.

From Washington Post