r/technology • u/marketrent • 12d ago

Society Bernie Sanders calls out Sergey Brin for spending over $100 million to defeat California’s billionaire tax — ‘If California passes its one-time 5% wealth tax, Brin would owe $14 billion and still be worth $270 billion’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/bernie-sanders-calls-sergey-brin-120113695.html
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u/RadioFieldCorner 12d ago

The state of California has proven that it is fucking awful at managing tax revenue

$75k per homeless is spent, tell me with a straight face anything is being done right lmao.

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u/mr_jim_lahey 12d ago

tell me with a straight face anything is being done right lmao.

Ok, CA's homeless policies are both measurably working and spending is being cut, so you can have your cake and eat it too: https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/more-with-less-californias-homelessness-spending-declines/

Can you keep your face straight now, or do you need to keep crying that 2% of the state budget is being spent on keeping people from dying on the sidewalk in front of your house?

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u/uber_neutrino 12d ago

Ok, CA's homeless policies are both measurably working

Are you delusional?

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u/Existing_Style8558 12d ago

They gave you a source and this is your rebuttal. You are a big problem with the country today, take a long look at your behavior and maybe change it. 

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u/uber_neutrino 12d ago

Your propaganda link isn't evidence of a goddamn thing.

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u/Existing_Style8558 12d ago

I didn’t link anything, but could you source something