AOC is under fire for claiming billionaires can't "earn" their wealth, with Y Combinator's Paul Graham — who spent two decades professionally predicting which founders become billionaires — pushing back with data showing exploitation isn't what creates them. The debate sits inside a broader battle over how Democrats talk about wealth creation, with Sanders and Khanna pushing a 5% annual wealth tax on unrealized gains and Saikat Chakrabarti, AOC's former chief of staff and dark money architect, burning through $1.47 million of his own fortune to win Pelosi's old seat — only to receive zero votes from local Democrats. Meanwhile, Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia is inside the White House redesigning how 300 million Americans interact with their government.
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.
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.