AOC's claim that "you can't earn a billion dollars" is drawing sharp pushback from Y Combinator's Paul Graham, who argues his two decades of evaluating founders directly contradict her thesis. Meanwhile, California Congressman Ro Khanna is under fire for defending Twitch streamer Hasan Piker while quietly maintaining one of Congress's most profitable stock portfolios. The federal politicians shaping Silicon Valley's future—from Sanders and Khanna's proposed billionaire wealth tax to Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia redesigning the federal government from the White House—are making decisions that will define how wealth gets built and taxed in America.
AOC says you can't earn a billion dollars. Paul Graham, who spent 20 years predicting which founders become billionaires, has the data to prove her wrong.
Khanna defended a man who celebrates the murder of the wealthy, even as he quietly runs one of the most profitable stock portfolios in Congress.
Sanders and Khanna want to tax money that doesn't exist on assets you can't sell. The only proportionate response was a one-act play.
Asked point-blank why the US dominates tech while Europe stagnates, the Senator pivoted to healthcare and homelessness. The honest answer would destroy his worldview.
Joe Gebbia went from selling cereal to fund a startup to becoming the nation's first Chief Design Officer. Now he's fixing government.
Saikat Chakrabarti—architect of the 'dark money' operation he rails against—is trying to buy Pelosi's seat. Local Democrats aren't having it.
When nearly all your campaign cash comes from outside your district, who are you really representing?
Former supporters organize against the congressman as his wealth tax crusade threatens to tank the Bay Area economy.