From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:37:06 -0500, Wilson    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 1/13/2026 2:46 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >> On 1/13/26 11:39 AM, Wilson wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> California lost nearly $1 trillion in wealth in the past month alone   
   >>> thanks to fears over its proposed Billionaire Tax, according former   
   >>> Facebook exec Chamath Palihapitiya. "That means the $2T of California   
   >>> wealth they expected to tax is now down to $1.3T and falling quickly.   
   >>> I would not be surprised if 2026 ended with less than $1T of   
   >>> billionaire wealth in California and decades and hundreds of lawsuits.   
   >>> A complete and total unforced error. Where was the Governor? Where are   
   >>> our leaders??"   
   >>>   
   >>> The mere fear of the possibility of the measure, which could go to the   
   >>> polls in November 2026 with its potential start date retroactive to   
   >>> the beginning of the year, has reportedly caused many of California’s   
   >>> roughly 215 billionaires to buy homes in Florida, Texas, and Tennessee   
   >>> and relocate some of their company offices out of state, too.   
   >>>   
   >>> While California had previously been the promised land for tech   
   >>> titans, more than 45 LLCs in the state tied to Google co-founder Larry   
   >>> Page have recently filed to go inactive or relocate out of state, as a   
   >>> trust linked to him purchased a $71.9 million mansion in Miami’s   
   >>> Coconut Grove.   
   >>>   
   >>> Last month, an entity linked to Google co-founder Sergey Brin also   
   >>> either dissolved or relocated 15 California LLCs overseeing his   
   >>> business interests and investments to Reno, Nev.   
   >>>   
   >>> In-N-Out CEO Lynsi Snyder meanwhile relocated to Tennessee and   
   >>> established a second corporate office there.   
   >>>   
   >>> "If they don’t kill this ballot initiative and entice those folks to   
   >>> come back, the California budget will be massively upside down",   
   >>> Palihapitiya wrote. The only place to get the money is to cut waste,   
   >>> fraud, and abuse or increase taxes on the middle class. The latter is   
   >>> much simpler than the former."   
   >>   
   >> unfortunately to actually tax the rich we'll need a global organization   
   >> to do it,   
   >>   
   >> idk when lefties will recognize we need an unifying global identity that   
   >> drives to be as inclusive as possible...   
   >>   
   >> this whole trying to alienate others, for what purpose i do not know,   
   >> will never build the support we need to actually redistribute the wealth   
   >>   
   >   
   >While you're rebuilding all of the leftists and humanity too, take a   
   >moment to look at what it takes to incentivize people to do things that   
   >everyone else thinks are probably impossible but in the end provide   
   >immense value.   
      
   you mean like michaelangelo's sistine chapel, or steve job's iphone?   
      
   Even though the iphone has been a huge money maker for apple, it might   
   be that the world would have been as well without it?  Maybe.  Maybe   
   we could consider doing useful, helpful things more important than   
   barely possible razzledazzle things?   
      
   It seems that mike did his chapel without needing to be motivated by   
   extreme wealth.   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
   <<>> to <<>>   
   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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