Google Billionaire Sergey Brin Compares California Wealth Tax To Soviet Union Socialism
April 29, 2026
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2:35Now PlayingGoogle Billionaire Sergey Brin Compares California Wealth Tax To Soviet Union Socialism
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as posted by the channelBillionaire Google co-founder and ex-California resident Sergey Brin has said he’s adamantly opposed to a proposed one-time, 5% tax on the wealth of California residents (and has spent $57 million to fight it) because he fears it will lead the state down a similar socialist path as that of the former Soviet Union, which his family fled when he was 6 years old.
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