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

[u/Logical_Welder3467]

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

[u/peazley]

$18 million, gives you $1,000 per day for 50 years. Without earning anything off your investment. That’s a nice hotel and fancy dinner every night for the rest of your life.

[u/hammertime2009 → u/peazley]

I’m ok with this idea. Hell even 100 million… let them have it. Fuck it 1 billion is the cutoff. Be rich as fuck. Nobody ever ever ever needs 10 billion or 1 trillion. It’s just insane.

[u/EchoingAngel → u/hammertime2009]

The real problem is people getting rich enough to start shaping the system. That's how it becomes a runaway issue

[u/MoodyBernoulli → u/EchoingAngel]

Lobbying should even be a thing. It’s daylight corruption.

It should be called ‘bribing’