sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCalifornia ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech mogulswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1689arrow-down18
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minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·2 days agoThese motherfuckers are still going to be billionaires after this modest tax.
minus-squareknife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoit isn’t going to pass because they are spending millions of dollars on ads opposing it because that will be cheaper than paying taxes.
minus-squareRaiderkev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoAnd stupid people will be like well I saw an ad saying it would affect ME down the road
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 hours agoRemember that proposition about making gig workers employees? So they could get bennies? Yeah. That still sucks.
minus-squareRaiderkev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoLyft and Uber spent like 200 mil on ads, and it worked.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agothe ads’ whole purpose was to confuse people. hell i was confused what yes and no meant on that proposition, and i had ballotpedia and the voting guide open when i was marking my absentee.
These motherfuckers are still going to be billionaires after this modest tax.
it isn’t going to pass because they are spending millions of dollars on ads opposing it because that will be cheaper than paying taxes.
And stupid people will be like well I saw an ad saying it would affect ME down the road
Remember that proposition about making gig workers employees? So they could get bennies? Yeah. That still sucks.
Lyft and Uber spent like 200 mil on ads, and it worked.
the ads’ whole purpose was to confuse people. hell i was confused what yes and no meant on that proposition, and i had ballotpedia and the voting guide open when i was marking my absentee.