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by coldpie2 hours ago |
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upvoteby layer81 hours ago|
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That’s a strange argument. His wife owns half of these dollars, so no one should feel for her as well?

(I personally don’t care about Jensen. I just don’t think that “people don’t deserve sympathy because they are billionaires” makes any sense.)

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upvoteby coldpie56 minutes ago|
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Being a billionaire is a choice to continue to hoard resources that could be put to useful purposes instead. Yeah, I don't have much sympathy for people who choose to squander our society's resources like that.
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upvoteby ithkuil2 minutes ago|
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Does a billionaire who became billionair by marrying a person who became a billionaire also bears the responsibility of hoarding because they choose to marry that person and not divorce early?
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upvoteby KetoManx641 hours ago|
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He's not hoarding crap. Man's probably got maybe a couple hundred thousand dollars in free cash, the rest is all loans, stocks, investments and properties.

The only people that should be wealth taxed is leeches like you that see how utterly corrupt the state is with how it handles tax dollars and wants to give it more money.

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upvoteby coldpie1 hours ago|
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Nah. He could sell most of that stock and it could be put to useful purposes while making no difference whatsoever to his life. It could be used to build housing, or pay teachers more, or build libraries, or found new companies, or pay off medical debt, there's thousands of things it could be used for. Instead he's just sitting on it. This is hoarding.
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upvoteby lrae2 hours ago|
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Wrong tree?

> Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Backs California Billionaire Tax Despite Potential $8B Bill

> "I don't mind paying taxes. The more you make, the more taxes you pay. I'm okay with that," Huang said

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upvoteby lavendermon2 hours ago|
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Jensen has been one of the few outspoken billionaires for promoting higher taxes on himself. In fact, only he and Buffett come to mind as the members of that category.

Then again, below is a 2024 article from the NY Times claiming Jensen was taking advantage of loopholes to save $8 billion on taxes. Actions speak louder than words so perhaps his more recent messaging about being in favor of higher taxes on himself was the result of a PR effort, given his rapidly increasing visibility.

However, I imagine that any good accountant would strongly recommend saving $8 billion on taxes like Jensen did before 2024. The article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/business/nvidia-jensen-hu...

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upvoteby verdverm2 hours ago|
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Things Jensen has said are now all suspect. Does he really believe this or is it just his day time positioning, in contrast to his nighttime positioning that cost him his job
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upvoteby marcusverus2 hours ago|
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Owning part of the company he built isn't hoarding, kiddo.
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upvoteby coldpie1 hours ago|
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Tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of people built that company, kiddo.
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upvoteby marcusverus39 minutes ago|
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They did the jobs they were given and were well compensated for it. This fact has no bearing on whatsoever on the claim that Jensen is "hoarding" his shares in the company that he created.
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upvoteby coldpie30 minutes ago|
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He could give away >95% of his wealth and it would make no difference at all to his life. He would still have the exact same life he has now. That wealth could be put to useful purposes, but isn't, because he is sitting on it. That is hoarding.
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upvoteby jaharios13 minutes ago|
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You could also fall in a well and would probably make no difference to the world.
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