Jim Simons: The Numbers King

Re:Jim Simons: The Numbers King by soniman on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @10:52AM (#15906433)

Jim Simons has given $27 million in political donations, all to Democrats. We'll see if the Republican IRS will get Rentech to pay taxes or if the clock has run out.

https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topindivs.php

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Re:Jim Simons: The Numbers King by whatok on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @11:08AM (#15906604)

So now you're claiming that the only reason why Jim Simons donates is to evade taxes?

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Re:Jim Simons: The Numbers King by cepth on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @12:04AM (#15912151)

And, the man who had day-to-day operational control of RenTech after Simons retired in 2010 was ~noted Democrat donor~ Bob Mercer.

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Re:Jim Simons: The Numbers King by spolitry on Saturday December 16, 2017 @06:41PM (#15942951)

~noted Republican donor~ you mean.

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2016/06/a-hedge-fund-house-...

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Re:Jim Simons: The Numbers King by cepth on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @10:23PM (#16020088)

Apologies if my attempt at sarcasm fell flat. I was assuming the author of the parent comment knew that Mercer was associated with Cambridge Analytica and Trump. Judging from his follow up, he seems to have picked up on the sarcasm.

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Re:Jim Simons: The Numbers King by soniman on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @06:54AM (#15913666)

Smart. Hedging their bets.

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