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|    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              --       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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