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Ontario billionaire under fire for arguing poor people shouldn't be able to vote (www.blogto.com)
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Controversial German-Canadian billionaire Tobias "Tobi" Lütke is under fire once again for online comments suggesting that people who don't earn an income should not be eligible to vote in elections, and that high earners should have more electoral power than middle- and low-income voters.

The Ottawa-based founder and CEO of Shopify, one of the biggest companies in the country, commented on a post shared on X calling for a "weighted voting proportional to the level of income tax you pay," saying it is a "good system."

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[–] 7 points 3 months ago

Bezos has had several years of zero personal tax due to creative accounting so not sure what kind of flex big fella is going for

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    [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    Oh well, so let's see who pays more income taxes proportionally, you idiot asshole. Is it the poor family working three jobs to make ends meet, giving half of it away in taxes? Or is it some billionaire asshole shifting every penny to three different "overseas" so he doesn't have to pay taxes on it. Let's do this!

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    [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    Eat him.

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    [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Hmmmm, lutke bacon!

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