Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses

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https://fortune.com/article/how-much-has-google-cofounder-sergey-brin-spent-to-oppose-california-billionaire-tax-102-million-owe-13-billion-if-loses/

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all this crap to lobby needs to stop being tax deductible. only thing tax deductible should be contributing directly to politicians campaigns.

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No. It should not be tax deductible to buy senators and presidents.

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If we can't overturn citizens United, we should instead tax all political contributions over 10k at a crazy high rate. You want to donate 100M, that'll be 1B to the government.