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[OPINION] Why Malacañang is wrong about the wealth tax
March 29, 2026
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When a handful of families control wealth equivalent to a significant chunk of the national GDP while the majority of Filipinos struggle with inflation, the harm is not in taxing the rich, but in failing to do so.
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