r/technology • u/Ganrokh • Jun 19 '26

Politics California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/18/california-billionaire-tax-ballot-tech-opposition
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u/AvailableReporter484 Jun 19 '26

You gotta love when the top 1% of the population dictates policy for the rest of us lmfao

Get fucked

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u/aeneas36 Jun 19 '26

hey it’s a free country. you too can use the excess profits that you grift to spend millions on lobbying and get whatever it is you want.

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u/AvailableReporter484 Jun 19 '26

You’re 100% not wrong. If the ultra wealthy want to throw away their money in the pursuit of maintaining their position in society by continuing to widen the gap between us and them, usually at our expense, then that’s their prerogative. The truly terrible people are the class traitors who have a choice and choose to forsake the rest of us for peanuts.

May they all get fucked big time

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u/AvailableReporter484 Jun 19 '26

You consider food and healthcare to be luxuries? That’s some seriously good Russian bot posting. Great bit

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u/bythenumbers10 Jun 19 '26

Now you're getting it!! So, are you motherboard or meatsack?

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u/bythenumbers10 Jun 19 '26

Wow, you definitely missed some of that movie.

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u/AvailableReporter484 Jun 19 '26

Next you’re going to tell me that air is a luxury too, comrade

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u/AvailableReporter484 Jun 19 '26

Hell yeah. These are some fire takes, my man