AOC's claim that "you can't earn a billion dollars" drew a sharp rebuttal from Y Combinator's Paul Graham, who argues his two decades of evaluating founders proves billionaires succeed by creating value, not exploiting people. The exchange is the latest flashpoint in a running debate over wealth, taxation, and innovation, with Sanders and Khanna's new 5% unrealized gains tax and Chakrabarti's zero-vote congressional campaign illustrating how progressive economic ideas are clashing with Silicon Valley's builder class.
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.