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[–] [S] 210 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is why Musk wants to defeat Biden. Biden's billionaire tax on the rich...

Under Biden's proposals, a 25% tax on those with more than $100 million would raise $500 billion over 10 years to help fund benefits such as child care and paid parental leave.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/15/bidens-billionaire-tax-hits-the-super-rich-can-a-wealth-tax-work.html

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  • [–] 97 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And with that 25% tax he would still have more money than he could ever spend. These billionaires are not humans, their ghouls. They deserve our hate.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago

    For them money is just a highscore. They either win or lose, the actual amount doesn't matter at all.

    The asshole could spend a thousand lifetimes just lying on the beach and sipping cocktails and he'd still be a billionaire.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Buying politicians can get expensive. Wont you think of the poor billionaires that would have to cut down on their bribery if there were a wealth tax??

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Buying politicians is depressingly cheap. Like, on the order of tens of thousands of dollars or less. Firmly out of reach for the average citizen but for the power players that's one good night out on a weekend.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    More importantly, the race is a 50/50 split and if Trump won, and Elon didn’t pay up, all of his most profitable businesses could be killed by Trump.

    For example, Trump has been threatening to fuck over EV manufacturers.

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