Re:Sergey Brin Confronted Gavin Newsom
by burnt-resistor on Sunday April 26, 2026 @11:02PM
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One or two, nothing close to all. It's always an empty threat since time immemorial. Here's a 1936 FDR speech mocking it:
"A number of my friends who belong in the very high upper brackets have suggested to me on several occasions of late, that if I am reelected president, they will have to move to some other nation because of high taxes here. Now, I will miss them very much..." (audience breaks into laughter)
It's a manipulative tactic by greedy assholes to cow foolish people into accepting their demands of tax evasion to burden ordinary people.
"A number of my friends who belong in the very high upper brackets have suggested to me on several occasions of late, that if I am reelected president, they will have to move to some other nation because of high taxes here. Now, I will miss them very much..." (audience breaks into laughter)
It's a manipulative tactic by greedy assholes to cow foolish people into accepting their demands of tax evasion to burden ordinary people.