From: punditster@gmail.com
On 1/13/2026 1:45 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> 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?
>
Steve Jobs invented the first successful mass-market personal computer
with the Apple II.
>
> 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.
>
They said that about about the Bell telephone too. You've still got your
land line, right?
>
> Maybe we could consider doing useful, helpful things more important
> than barely possible razzledazzle things?>
Maybe you could produce something useful with your PC.
>
> It seems that mike did his chapel without needing to be motivated by
> extreme wealth.
>
Apparently, Michelangelo was paid handsomely for painting the Sistine
Chapel ceiling, receiving 3,000 ducats from Pope Julius II for the
four-year project (1508-1512), a significant sum equivalent to millions
in today's money.
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