March for Billionaires
@marchforbillionaires.org
Billionaires get a lot of hate. But the average billionaire is someone who created a lot of wealth by making things people want.
Join us in celebrating billionaires' contributions, Feb 7 in San Francisco. https://marchforbillionaires.org
Join us in celebrating billionaires' contributions, Feb 7 in San Francisco. https://marchforbillionaires.org
We're serious. No one is paying us for this. We know that our views are unpopular here, but we believe in engaging in good-faith discourse with those of differing opinions.
February 1, 2026 at 8:06 AM
to add to this: poverty in DRC is due to weak institutions, disease, wars, corruption, and colonial rule. Some billionaires like Dan Gertler have exploited this for personal gain, which we condemn. We support the Norwegian model of taxes on resource extraction to benefit the people.
February 1, 2026 at 7:43 AM
to add to this: poverty in DRC is due to weak institutions, disease, wars, corruption, and colonial rule. Some billionaires like Dan Gertler have exploited this for personal gain, which we condemn. We support the Norwegian model of taxes on resource extraction to benefit the people.
February 1, 2026 at 7:41 AM
to add to this: poverty in DRC is due to weak institutions, disease, wars, corruption, and colonial rule. Some billionaires like Dan Gertler have exploited this for personal gain, which we condemn. We support the Norwegian model of taxes on resource extraction to benefit the people.
We're serious. No one is paying us for this. We know that our views are unpopular here, but we believe in engaging in good-faith discourse with those of differing opinions.
February 1, 2026 at 7:20 AM
We're serious. No one is paying us for this. We know that our views are unpopular here, but we believe in engaging in good-faith discourse with those of differing opinions.
True, Weissman and Karikó made key discoveries, but so did BioNTech founders and billionaires Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci.
February 1, 2026 at 7:07 AM
True, Weissman and Karikó made key discoveries, but so did BioNTech founders and billionaires Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci.
Reasonable people can disagree on tax policy. We think that the proposed tax in CA is poorly designed, and makes our state unattractive to founders that power our economy. There are other options we support that would raise revenue by closing tax loopholes without risking killing the golden goose.
We're not categorically against taxing billionaires more. The "buy, borrow, die" loophole is real, and fixable by treating equity-backed loans as realized gains. But a tax on all assets and equity isn't the way forward.
Bill Ackman is among the billionaires who have taken issue with a proposal in California to tax the wealthy based on assets. The hedge-fund manager proposed an idea that would aim to address the loophole known as “buy, borrow, die” that allows rich Americans to live tax-free off their paper wealth.
February 1, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Reasonable people can disagree on tax policy. We think that the proposed tax in CA is poorly designed, and makes our state unattractive to founders that power our economy. There are other options we support that would raise revenue by closing tax loopholes without risking killing the golden goose.
Paul Graham put it nicely: "Let's attack poverty, and if necessary damage wealth in the process. That's much more likely to work than attacking wealth in the hope that you will thereby fix poverty."
Economic Inequality
paulgraham.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Paul Graham put it nicely: "Let's attack poverty, and if necessary damage wealth in the process. That's much more likely to work than attacking wealth in the hope that you will thereby fix poverty."
There isn't some fixed pie of wealth that billionaires are monopolizing. People who found companies create new wealth, and capture only a slice of that. Imagine how much poorer we would be if iPhones, Google, Uber, Spotify, or mRNA vaccines did not exist. Even Bluesky was created by a billionaire!
February 1, 2026 at 6:15 AM
There isn't some fixed pie of wealth that billionaires are monopolizing. People who found companies create new wealth, and capture only a slice of that. Imagine how much poorer we would be if iPhones, Google, Uber, Spotify, or mRNA vaccines did not exist. Even Bluesky was created by a billionaire!
Poverty is a serious issue that we care deeply about. But billionaires aren't responsible for it. The DRC has no billionaires, yet 75% of its population lives in extreme poverty.
We applaud billionaires like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet who have saved millions of lives with their charity.
We applaud billionaires like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet who have saved millions of lives with their charity.
February 1, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Poverty is a serious issue that we care deeply about. But billionaires aren't responsible for it. The DRC has no billionaires, yet 75% of its population lives in extreme poverty.
We applaud billionaires like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet who have saved millions of lives with their charity.
We applaud billionaires like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet who have saved millions of lives with their charity.
We freely acknowledge that not all billionaires are good people. We strongly oppose Trump, and while we appreciate Musk's contributions to EVs, space exploration, and rural internet access, we're disappointed with the right-wing turn he's taken. Child abusers deserve to be prosecuted to the fullest.
February 1, 2026 at 6:15 AM
We freely acknowledge that not all billionaires are good people. We strongly oppose Trump, and while we appreciate Musk's contributions to EVs, space exploration, and rural internet access, we're disappointed with the right-wing turn he's taken. Child abusers deserve to be prosecuted to the fullest.
There isn't some fixed pie of wealth that has to be divided between rich and poor. Billionaires mostly created new wealth—for instance, Taylor Swift made songs that many people were willing to pay for, and we're all better off for Brin and Page's Google. They didn't steal from you.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 AM
There isn't some fixed pie of wealth that has to be divided between rich and poor. Billionaires mostly created new wealth—for instance, Taylor Swift made songs that many people were willing to pay for, and we're all better off for Brin and Page's Google. They didn't steal from you.
We're doing this for free. Meanwhile the people canvassing for the tax are getting paid $5 per signature.
February 1, 2026 at 3:41 AM
We're doing this for free. Meanwhile the people canvassing for the tax are getting paid $5 per signature.
Au contraire! Most billionaires got rich from creating new things. Google Search is a great example—a valuable service that makes our lives much better. The pot of wealth is not fixed, but grows with every entrepreneur.
Contrast this with landowners, who do not build wealth but merely capture it.
Contrast this with landowners, who do not build wealth but merely capture it.
Economic Inequality
paulgraham.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Au contraire! Most billionaires got rich from creating new things. Google Search is a great example—a valuable service that makes our lives much better. The pot of wealth is not fixed, but grows with every entrepreneur.
Contrast this with landowners, who do not build wealth but merely capture it.
Contrast this with landowners, who do not build wealth but merely capture it.
She makes music that so many people love! And by all accounts she takes care of her staff, too. We're thankful for Taylor.
January 30, 2026 at 8:56 AM
She makes music that so many people love! And by all accounts she takes care of her staff, too. We're thankful for Taylor.