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re: ‘Ungrateful piece of sh*t’: Left-wing podcaster berates Californians fleeing new wealth ta

Posted on 1/21/26 at 1:11 pm to
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
128849 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 1:11 pm to
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Billionaires get paid in stock and then borrow against that asset with very favorable rates.


You’re talking about the top 100 richest people. Should we be reforming tax rates for 100 people?
Posted by Stuttgart Tiger
Branson, MO
Member since Jan 2006
15524 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 1:13 pm to
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‘Ungrateful piece of sh*t’: Left-wing podcaster berates Californians fleeing new wealth tax


Guess Kara Swisher is subconsciously telling Jennifer Welch, "Here Bitch, hold my beer and watch this shite!"
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
25860 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 1:18 pm to
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we deserve the taxes from you


Liberal mindset

Nevermind that California already taxes wealthy people at a higher rate than anywhere else in the country. Now lets add some more "one time" taxes to hit them for another $50+ million tax bill. Then there will be another "one time" tax that gets put on the ballot again next year and the year after.
Posted by soonerinlOUisiana
South of I-10
Member since Aug 2012
2075 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 1:18 pm to
Why do you people keep posting pictures of Al Franken in this thread?
Posted by BamaMamaof2
Atlanta, GA
Member since Nov 2019
2670 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 1:18 pm to
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impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires


And who believes for one second that this would be a one-time tax? There shouldn't be a tax at all, but there is no way the government gets thier paws on that much money and not do it again.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
65899 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 1:20 pm to
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‘Ungrateful piece of sh*t’


So much irony in this statement. Rich people don't owe you, or the state, anything.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
25860 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 1:23 pm to
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Billionaires get paid in stock and then borrow against that asset with very favorable rates. Since loans aren't considered income, there is no income tax owed and no capital gains tax until they sell the stock.



Compensation in the form of stock is still subject to income taxes at the market value of the shares. You don't escape income taxes by opting to get paid in stock.

Then if the billionaire is borrowing money by using their stock as collateral, they still will need to be bringing in liquid cash in order to repay those loans. So unless they're taking out new loans to repay the old loans, then they have some sort of cash income that would also likely be taxable.

ETA: a lot of billionaire stock assets are their remaining shares that they held onto since the company was founded. That's not income and they aren't taxed on it until they get capital gains taxes when they sell.

This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 1:26 pm
Posted by captainFid
Never apologize to barbarism
Member since Dec 2014
10607 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 1:28 pm to
Yeah, I think they need a law targeting Left-wing, podcasting, influencers.

It's not like they've built anything.
Posted by Wildcat1996
Lexington, KY
Member since Jul 2020
10413 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 1:43 pm to
The money they made has already been taxed. And in Cali at some of the highest rates in the country.

Just how many times do you want to tax these people?
Posted by Undertow
Member since Sep 2016
9143 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 1:48 pm to
They’re too economically illiterate to realize that if you incentivize billionaires to move to your state by giving even a tiny tax cut, billionaires will end up paying more in taxes because they won’t flee and you’ll attract more to the state.
This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 1:51 pm
Posted by GCTigahs
Member since Oct 2014
2526 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 1:54 pm to
I thought the Left hated billionaires already? So now they love the ones that stay and hate the ones that move even more than they hated them before? Wish they'd make up their minds.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
104097 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 1:56 pm to
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They’re too economically illiterate to realize that if you incentivize billionaires to move to your state by giving even a tiny tax cut, billionaires will end up paying more in taxes because they won’t flee and you’ll attract more to the state.


The Laffer Curve is foreign to lefties.
Posted by Vacherie Saint
Member since Aug 2015
47628 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 2:17 pm to
California liberals: We will be the highest taxed state in the union!
California liberals: We will have the most draconian regulatory bureaucracy in the US!
California liberals: We will allow criminals and drug addicts to run free on our streets!
California liberals: We will allow millions of illegals to flood our schools, hospitals, and infrastructure to the breaking point!
California liberals: We will give blacks a free house and a few million in reparations off of the taxpayers' backs!
California liberals: We'll look away as our leaders cavort with communist spies and steal billions from the treasury!
California liberals: We will start taxing our wealthiest residents at rates never imagined! We will weigh schemes to tax unrealized gains on things like homes and business equity! And if people try to leave, we will hammer them with an exit tax!!!

California liberals: Why are these ungrateful pieces of shite leaving!?!??!
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
25488 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 2:40 pm to
I think Kara Swisher should volunteer to pay more then.
Posted by Loserman
Member since Sep 2007
23151 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 2:44 pm to
Leftists hate the 10th commandment


Thou shalt not covet


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