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Tech billionaires are making plans to bail on California ahead a possible ballot measure that would tax their assets to help pay for healthcare.

Sources told the New York Times that venture capitalist Peter Thiel has explored spending more time outside California and opening an office for his Los Angeles-based personal investment firm, Thiel Capital, in another state.

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 13 points 4 months ago

It wasn’t as if these billionaire parasites were paying taxes anyways.

[–] webp@mander.xyz 13 points 4 months ago

If they were going to leave it wouldn't be posted like this, as a threat in the news.

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

BYE! I'd say "don't let the door hit you in the ass" but that's unlikely as you're all ass.

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago

they should pass a law that requires you to pay a 400m exit fee for filing a change of address if your name is peter thiel or larry page, per person, for each member of the extended family

[–] ohshittheyknow@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 4 months ago

No they won't

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 10 points 4 months ago

They should flee earth. Start living on the moon and leave the rest of society.

[–] Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Let me guess he is moving to florida or texas

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Would it really be a great loss then?

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago

Coke dealers and escort agencies are going to feel the pinch.

[–] Meeshall65@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (19 children)

If you're rich beyond imagination, why nog pay taxes?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because all they have left is hoarding wealth and the fear of losing some of it. They’ve become the movie or book trope of the withered miser who is completely consumed by greed and has nothing else. Unfortunately most of the real misers don’t get any comeuppance while the fictional ones do.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

I think we've allowed the rich people dick measuring contest to go on for too long. All these guys care about is the imaginary number next to their name is higher than the other guys. Greed yes, but competition, game, sport, between psychos....also yes.

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[–] bender223@lemmy.today 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

they should leave and go to Mars, where there's no tax

[–] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Good fuck em.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 months ago

Fuck up some other state's politics for a change.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Well now I want to pass that wealth tax even harder. GTFO, Satan. I rebuke you!

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

I'm sure the Californians are shaking in their boots at this.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

No...

Please...

Come back...

🙄

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

Then don't allow them to leave the state

Or just take their companies within the state.

Fuck the rich

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 5 points 4 months ago

billionaires kill so many people, and destroy so much, and they get away with it. now they cry and run away when they get taxed a little bit

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Thiel should be in prison and then deported back to Germany for violating Americans 4th amendment rights

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[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Bye, assholes.

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