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Peter Thiel makes $3m donation to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax (www.theguardian.com)

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Ballot proposes one-time, 5% tax on anyone in state worth more than $1bn and grant a five-year period for payment

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[–] cv_octavio@piefed.ca 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pfff only "million"? To fight a "billionaire" tax? Peter... Peter Peter.... You're going to have to fight fire with fire at scale. Or maybe you're just not as clever a billionaire as you say you are.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 5 points 2 days ago

If he were really against it he would have donated a billion.