Donald Trump is set for a major stop in the 2024 money race Thursday when he travels to Silicon Valley for a high-profile fundraiser with tech billionaires.

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    6 months ago

    These people really need to read up on Fritz Thyssen, Jack Ma or any one of the many Russian oligarchs who’ve been defenestrated, ventilated or irradiated under Putin.

    A small amount of taxes in a functioning democracy when you’re already a billionaire is a lot cheaper than a hole in your chest under a thin-skinned fascist autocrat.

    None of these folks think they’ll be a line in Niemoller’s poem. They’re horribly wrong.

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      If billionaires thought in the long term, they wouldn’t be billionaires.

      A reasonable person sees that they have $500 million in the bank and says to themselves ‘I can spend $1 million a year for the rest of my life and still leave plenty to the kids. Guess I’ll retire.’