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   Message 155,625 of 155,846   
   dart200 to Julian   
   Re: Wealth Tax Counterstrike   
   21 Feb 26 21:07:17   
   
   XPost: alt.messianic   
   From: user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   On 2/21/26 3:40 PM, Julian wrote:   
   > On 21/02/2026 16:56, Wilson wrote:   
   >> On 2/21/2026 2:28 AM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>> On 2/20/26 11:53 AM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> A 5% California wealth tax on a $1 billion net worth would result in   
   >>>> a $50 million tax liability!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> This proposed one-time tax targets the approximately 246   
   >>>> billionaires in the state, potentially costing them between $50   
   >>>> million and $13 billion each, depending on their total wealth.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Does anyone except the Teamsters Union think this is a good idea?   
   >>>   
   >>> i hope they leave   
   >>>   
   >>> billionaires don't spend their money in ways that are useful to local   
   >>> economies, and they have a lot retarded ways to not actually pay tax.   
   >>>   
   >>> in fact they buy up excess property making it harder for everyone   
   >>> else they leave, so better that they don't try to live here   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> So how much property, income & sales tax do the billionaires pay to   
   >> the bottomless state budget pit that's Kalifornia?   
   >   
   > I guess at some point, on this trajectory, some shareholders might be   
   > moved to sue companies that don't relocate from Kalifornia for breaching   
   > their fiduciary duty to maximise returns on investment?   
   >   
   > In the UK publicly listed companies are legally obliged to maximise   
   > profit... which is why, for instance, they are frantically unravelling   
   > their DIE extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds.   
      
   i hope they relocate   
      
   tech companies are vastly more replaceable they think   
      
   their products categorically suck   
      
   and they're bad *for* us   
      
   someone who isn't replaceable is the likes of linux torvolds. worth in   
   true value more than the rest of the tech billionaires combined.   
      
      > price is just a number u sheeplfried moron   
      >   
      > #god   
      
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   hi, why are we god? let's end war 🙃   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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