More than a century ago, Will Rogers, famous for his acting and pithy social commentary, quipped, “Ten men in our country could buy the whole world, and 10 million can’t buy enough to eat.” Were he alive today, he would have to amend it to say that while 10 men can still buy the whole world, 42 million can’t buy enough to eat.

That's because President Donald Trump, while hosting a lavish “Great Gatsby” themed party at his resort in Mar-a-Lago, directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to withhold SNAP benefits from 42 million children, veterans and seniors, all while boasting about his new marble bathrooms and gilded ballroom.

These kinds of gross displays of extreme wealth against a backdrop of desperate poverty have become a common feature of American life today. A cursory look at ho

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