From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:53:05 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   I an a retired computer programmer and shareware author, not that it   
   matters.  I'm painting my own chapel if you don't mind.  And I don't   
   need to be ridiculously wealthy for it either.   
      
   >> 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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   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
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   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
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