https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/16/the-good-rich-and-what-they-cost-us/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 04:20:34 -0400<![CDATA[As higher earners tot up the damage of the budget deal, many of them can draw consolation from one bit of news. The 2013 deal doesn&#8217;t eliminate the charitable deduction. But maybe that particular break for plutocrats should go as well. That is the take-away from &#8220;The Good Rich and What They Cost Us,&#8221; a series of profiles of our rich countrymen down the centuries and their efforts to burnish their reputations with philanthropy or other gestures of ethical concern.]]>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:40:18 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/16/the-good-rich-and-what-they-cost-us-n99266