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PugJesus Mar 18

Icon of the Seven Buddhas, gilded bronze, Tang-dynasty China, 7th-9th century AD

PugJesus Mar 8

Gilded mahogany box, France, ~1790 AD

PugJesus Mar 7

Gilded pitcher and basin, Ottoman Empire (Turkiye), 18th century AD

PugJesus Mar 2

Gilded sculpture of a deity, Tibet, 13th century AD

Chuck Darwin Mar 2

The Jackson Hole region has long been a refuge for the rich,
but an explosion of new affluence has allowed a growing cadre of extraordinarily wealthy people to ⛔️dominate both the local economy and Wyoming state politics.

Teton County is not merely the richest county in the country, per capita -- by far;

⭐️it is a window into America’s near future, as the country enters a new #gilded #age,
-- one in which millionaires are turning into billionaires overnight.

A New York Times analysis shows the stunning velocity at which the fortunes of the 1 percent have increased across the country since Trump first took office in 2017.
⚠️The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120 percent between 2017 and 2025, a colossal leap from the 45 percent growth they had seen over the previous nine years.
⚠️The number of U.S. billionaires jumped 50 percent by some estimates between 2017 and 2025, to more than 900 people

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/billionaire-boom-jackson-teton-wyoming.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

America’s Billionaires Continue to Flock to Wyoming

Jackson, Wyo., has long been a refuge for the rich. But the last five years saw a boom in wealth of a kind never before seen. Across the country, the 2017 tax cuts minted hundreds of new billionaires.

The New York Times

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