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They can leave. And they did.
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They can leave. And they did.
Apparently they didn't go very far.
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They can leave. And they did.
shows you also how “smart” they are to “live” in Cali in the first place. you got billions, park yourself wherever the F you don’t have to pay jacksh t for being a billionaire prick and get yourselves on of them houses in Cali to actually live instead of whatever sh thole houses billionaires for free
If you have $5Bn, other than power for power’s sake, it’s very hard to see how the next $100 or $500Bn can actually improve your life and happiness.
OTOH, being able to watch a Broadway show that you may have missed because you didn’t live in the same city, or a drive along the ocean while there was a beautiful sunset, would have significantly greater value to the quality of your life.
Imagine if they said instead - no need for tax, here is 15 billion to fund the schools.
They could be heroes but choose to be assholes.
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endless greed is remarkable. guys with $200B can't afford to pay taxes to the state that allowed them to gain such excessive wealth in the first place, often via government subsidy. this cancerous version of capitalism can't end quickly enough.
If we don't allow them to hold us hostage they will all leave.
How tragic.
End of the day we all have the same freedom to not care if Sergey has food shelter or lives in his car as the billionaires give themselves
End of the day we all have the ssme right to select ourselves and tell Sergey Brin "your needs aren't my problem."
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In an alternate reality Mr Brin could still be a billionaire owner of a company not based in CA and he would still have to face this issue or he may not.
But we are here and question is why they don't think it is ok to pay these taxes. It is interesting to see their actions. There is some double think here - they want to cut ties and move out, yet want to influence the state. A sibling comment rightly said - they could be heroes by spending money that would be just a drop in the bucket for them, but instead choose to do this - still spend that money. The old adage seems true, you didn't become rich by doing that.
Now I understand one may not be happy the way the state allocates the funds - but that is a different discussion.
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Apparently they didn't go very far.
most billionaires behave just like users on social media: they want to be on top, collect the most karma, etc. They arn't leaving a platform as large as California because that means diminishing their power and influence and attention.