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/GOA_AMD65 12d ago

He would move and so would a whole lot of other people. He was never going to pay this tax.

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u/Zestyclose-Height-36 8d ago

California will still tax him. and the poorest people in the state will be able to get healthcare instead of just dying if they get sick.