Sergey Brin Is Fighting Billionaire Tax Fire with Greater Fire

Sergey Brin Is Fighting Billionaire Tax Fire with Greater Fire

Editorial, California Post Google founder Sergey Brin has launched — and largely funded — two ballot initiatives that take direct aim at the tax proposal.

California's "billionaire tax" is the wrong approach

If I were a conservative, I’d argue against California’s proposed one-time 5% “billionaire tax” on the grounds that it would reduce the incentive for billionaires to invest and create jobs. I’d argue that in order to guard and support the engines of our prosperity, we have to keep taxes low, etc. etc.But I am not a conservative. I actually support taxing rich people more, and I support taxing the super-rich at higher rates. Tax progressivity is …

California's 5% Billionaire Tax Clears Signature Threshold, Heads to November Ballot

California's Billionaire Tax Heads for the Ballot. A Compromise Would Serve Everyone Well.

The Week in ShortCalifornia’s Billionaire Tax is heading to the voters. Silicon Valley is fighting back, led by a newly political Sergey Brin and his MAGA-pilled girlfriend. Stargate sees shakeups as more Americans express their ire towards data centers. Extra-large seed rounds gobble up more than half of seed capital. We’re in the courtroom as Elon Musk takes the stand and denounces OpenAI’s for-profit transformation (though he liked the idea a…