There's a similarity between what Bonanno attempted to do and what Michael Corleone did at the end of GF1.
Regarding rich guys kicking up, as I understand it, all made guys kick up a percentage of everything they earn, legit or not.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
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