r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 18d ago

Society Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses

https://fortune.com/article/how-much-has-google-cofounder-sergey-brin-spent-to-oppose-california-billionaire-tax-102-million-owe-13-billion-if-loses/
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u/itz_my_brain 17d ago

"Brin, with a net worth of nearly $260 billion, could owe about $13 billion as a result of the tax."

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u/cgsawtell 17d ago

I think he’ll be alright without the extra 13 billion then. Imagine what the state could do with 13 billion, that’s lots of schools, roads and infrastructure projects

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u/OkNoise8419 17d ago

Surprisingly not much because CA already takes in a huge amount of tax and evidently wastes a lot of it. 8 billion a year in just gas taxes alone, 12 billion in vehicle registrations,
60 billion in sales taxes, 100 billion in property taxes, 104 billion in state income tax. That’s more than a quarter of a trillion dollars yearly and only going up.