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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago

Sergey Brin pours $500,000 into S.F. campaign to kill CEO tax

www.sfchronicle.com

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Sergey Brin pours $500,000 into S.F. campaign to kill CEO tax

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago
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Google’s co-founder donated to a campaign opposing a ballot measure to expand the overpaid CEO tax, helping to bolster a counterproposal that would make more San Francisco businesses tax-exempt.
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  • cecilkorik@piefed.ca
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    It’s always amazing how these guys are willing to pay so much money to try to avoid paying money.

    It feels quite spiteful.

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      I think its more of a mental illness that needs to be studied. Only a sociopath would behave like this.

      • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.world
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        Billionaireism is 100% a mental illness

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        Sociopaths generally don’t do this they’re notoriously mercenary pragmatic its like a stereotype

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      $500,000 is absolutely nothing compared to what Brin would save if the tax is shelved. These people are so disgustingly rich that even a .01% tax on their fortune constitutes what other people would consider wealth.

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    Just like when he last did this

    He has 12.5bn to burn on stopping this before it’s better to just pay it.

    Remember this

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    One of the biggest lies fed to the willing American idiots is that it is admired to avoid paying taxes and that government is bad. It’s our civic duty to pay taxes to support others, ourselves, and society. And we should be proud of it.

    Always remember that the politicians and billionaires that are telling you that government and taxes are bad are the very ones destroying government and making it perform badly.

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    Sergey Brin pours $500,000 into S.F. campaign to kill CEO

    Wish this was the headline

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      I’d donate to a hitman fund

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        If I thought that’s where my taxes were going I’d totally pay them

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    Boo that man. Boo!

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    What a piece of shit.

    That money could have gone to so many better causes. I hope he suffers.

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    San Franciscans pour $500,000 into reward to kill Sergei Brin

    Sorry I think I read that headline wrong.

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    I’d totally pay taxes if California killed ceos I’m all for a kill CEO tax

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