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Re:Warren Buffett's final shareholder letter [pdf] by input_sh on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @09:02AM (#45887361)
Who do you think is responsible for such a dysfunctional government? Is it your average working class person earning about $65k/year or is it billionaires that can throw unfathomable amounts of money at any topic of their interest without it even making a dent in their pocket?

To take a recent example, the median income in New York City is about $79k/year (before taxes), while Bill Ackman alone essentially threw away 21.5x that in his failed attempt to influence the mayoral election.

Re:Warren Buffett's final shareholder letter [pdf] by senordevnyc on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:08AM (#45888948)
A majority of voters elected Trump, while Ackman failed to influence the mayoral election with his money.
Re:Warren Buffett's final shareholder letter [pdf] by adventured on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @12:03PM (#45889828)
And Trump did it with dramatically less campaign money than Hillary or Harris.
Re:Warren Buffett's final shareholder letter [pdf] by input_sh on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @02:00PM (#45891340)
Gee golly, really!? Thanks for letting me know, I had no idea!

I could've also mentioned Ackman personally calling Trump in 2020 to beg him to shut down the economy for a month and my argument would be just the same: I don't want billionaires using their money to shape the world to their liking.

Re:Warren Buffett's final shareholder letter [pdf] by mlrtime on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @06:54AM (#45899039)
Good for you, I don't want bureaucrats wasting 50c on the dollar to give back what they take. You vote for what you think is right, I'll do the same.