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In reply to the discussion: Snowflake Thiel plans to leave California over a f*cking ONE PERCENT "billionaires tax." ONE F*CKING PERCENT. [View all]
paulkienitz
(1,499 posts)80. They want their personal money in some place like Texas, but their investments still here.
There's a reason they're hear to complain: because this is where all the billions they skimmed got produced.
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Snowflake Thiel plans to leave California over a f*cking ONE PERCENT "billionaires tax." ONE F*CKING PERCENT. [View all]
Miles Archer
21 hrs ago
OP
Those poor Brits. The ultra right has done a great job of ginning raw hate up against immigrants, and
PatrickforB
12 hrs ago
#71
The ultra-rich can easily borrow against their assets to avoid triggering capital gains
unblock
20 hrs ago
#14
Bye bye Fuck face. You should move to Russia, Putin will help you save your pennies.
Autumn
20 hrs ago
#19
I wonder if a retroactive penalty tax would be legal should they leave for that reason.
cstanleytech
20 hrs ago
#24
Obviously his only principle in life is profit above all, no matter how small. What a small human being.
Martin68
20 hrs ago
#25
In addition to 16th amendment arguments, there's also a good argument that the apportionment rule applies
still-prayin4rain
11 hrs ago
#75
It was needed at the time because a later overturned SC case was the law of the land.
still-prayin4rain
10 hrs ago
#79
An immigrant from Germany who doesn't want to chip in for the good of Americans
Mblaze
19 hrs ago
#41
He would say it is the principle because he and most of his other oligarch companions' only
Bev54
18 hrs ago
#46
Wish they would all move to their compounds in Honduras and Costa Rica to live out their little randian fantasies.
pecosbob
18 hrs ago
#48
I'm appalled that my state wants a 1% increase in taxes for those with wealth over 1 billion dollars.
Buddyzbuddy
16 hrs ago
#61
They want their personal money in some place like Texas, but their investments still here.
paulkienitz
8 hrs ago
#80