Wouldn't it be cheaper to just pay the tax? It would certainly be fairer on everyone else who does pay taxes.
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2026
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Sounds like we need to up that amount, if those parasites can easily afford it like this.
Up it and tell them if they don't shut up it goes up again.
Parasites.
I hate these fucking people so much.
The fact that he can spend that much fighting a minor tax increase just goes to show that we aren't taxing these fuck stains nearly enough. I say 95% on anything over a billion
Billionaires literally serve no purpose to society. At all. Just black holes where money disappears and never sees the light of day again. And that money comes from us. Taxing them is the absolute kindest thing we could do to these robbing pieces of fucking shit. I can definitely think of even bolder ways of solving the billionaire problem. We’ll just call it the “French method.”
I'd rather burn up untold riches than let the poor benefit from them - this guy
Sergey Brin has an estimated net worth of $232.3 billion, which means the one-off payment of 5% would be $11.6 billion – approximately 258 times his $45 million in contributions. Such a law would also set a precedent for further taxation of billionaires once it obviously works. Donating may also encourage other billionaires to donate because it signals the strengthening of the side opposed to the bill.
So from a purely self-interested, sociopathic perspective, this is easily a worthwhile investment.
I bet his tax bill would be less than that.
The article says his estimated tax burden at his current estimated net worth is over 11 Billion dollars. If every billionaire paid their part, normal Americans probably wouldn't need to file income taxes.
it counts as a donation, he gets to deduct it
I’m pretty sure Super PAC donations aren’t tax deductible. (Yet.)
I like when they volunteer to demonstrate why such a tax is needed, and badly.
Guillotine futures sound like a great investment.
It's digusting how greedy they are.