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/spuany 17d ago

The fact a person can just casually spend 100mil on such a topic just proves even more why the tax is needed. Nobody should be able to just buy themselves a more favourable political situation.

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u/FrontBottomFace 17d ago

Exactly! The issue isn't that he wants to pay more tax than he does (kind of understandable in a way if you ignore the inequality between his tax and mine) but that he can buy his opinion into politics. Disgusting.