Mega-Rich at Palm Beach Soiree Dismiss Democrats' Tax Proposals

  • Ken Griffin, Wilbur Ross say tax plans antithetical to growth
  • High-season party lauds Lord Foster’s Norton Museum face-lift

The tent for the Norton’s big bash.

Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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The party at the Norton Museum of Art Saturday night had all the trappings of the Palm Beach high season – those Stubbs & Wootton slippers, some fabulous gowns, and, with President Trump ensconced at Mar-a-Lago, a healthy disregard for the tax plans being floated by a wide field of potential Democrat candidates in 2020.

“They’re going to eat themselves alive,” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said.