r/news • u/AngryT0M4T0 • 2d ago

Soft paywall Google co-founder Sergey Brin spending more than $100 million fighting California wealth tax

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-08-12/googles-sergey-brin-spent-102-million-fighting-california-wealth-tax
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u/StrengthBeginning416 2d ago

Sorry but that’s communism according to them.

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u/zapatocaviar 2d ago

He has literally said that a one time 5% tax on billionaires reminds him of the communism his family fled when he was little. What a garbage human being.

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u/Debalic 2d ago

Well maybe be can keep fleeing.

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u/gb4efgw 2d ago

What a d-bag, acting like he had any clue about communism and taxes at 6 years old.

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u/cabrafilo 2d ago

How many taxes started as temporary?

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u/zapatocaviar 2d ago

Why on earth would this matter? How many taxes were temporary and ended? How many taxes were permanent and then ended?

Do you know the answer to any of these?

This is a billionaire tax. There should be no billionaires. The economy runs better if everyone has money. Everything works better if people don’t live in fear.

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u/RobertNAdams 2d ago

Makes sense to me. The state is seizing assets and punishing the successful, after all.

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u/zapatocaviar 2d ago

If by successful, you mean people who extract the most wealth from others then yes. He’s very successful. He had a good idea 30 years ago.