XPost: alt.messianic   
   From: user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   On 2/22/26 11:16 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:42:32 -0500, Wilson    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/22/2026 1:05 PM, Julian wrote:   
   >>> On 22/02/2026 17:43, Wilson wrote:   
   >>>> On 2/22/2026 11:33 AM, Julian wrote:   
   >>>>> On 22/02/2026 16:13, Wilson wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 2/21/2026 6:40 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.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> If a big wealth tax is implemented the techbros who stay will either   
   >>>>>> be forced to liquidate a large percentage of their assets driving   
   >>>>>> down the value of the stock, or give that stock directly to the   
   >>>>>> taxing agency making the State the owner of a part of those companies.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Guess which of those two the politicians will want?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> If they can't confiscate have the stock, people's property,   
   >>>>> they won't think twice about trashing the asset values in   
   >>>>> millions of people's pension funds just out of spite.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Good point. Envy drives a lot of this.   
   >>>   
   >>> The Godless Leftwaffe have de-ratified the seven deadly sins.   
   >>   
   >> "They clearly aren't deadly, we do them all the time!"   
   >   
   > No joke.  You do.   
      
   they both forgot:   
      
      > we cannot love the lord our god with all our heart,   
      > soul, mind, and strength if we also love money (mark 12:30)   
      >   
      > #god   
      
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