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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How tax laws make it easy to pass down wealth in America

    The New York Times on Tuesday published a giant investigation saying Trump and his siblings established a “sham corporation to disguise millions of dollars in gifts from their parents.”

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 3, 2018 • 1 min read

    The New York Times on Tuesday published a giant investigation saying Trump and his siblings established a “sham corporation to disguise millions of dollars in gifts from their parents.” It also says the now-president helped his dad make improper tax deductions. We learn more, and look at the ways wealthy families pass down big money to their kids.

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      Madeleine Brand

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Stricter gun control among California’s 1016 new laws
    1. 0:00How tax laws make it easy to pass down wealth in AmericaYou’re reading this
    2. 8:55What are some of California’s most important new laws?
    3. 17:27Government report finds serious health care problems at Adelanto detention facility
    4. 23:52‘Above and Beyond’ celebrates NASA’s 60th anniversary
    5. 37:15What is ASMR and why is it catching on?
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