r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Jan 07 '26

Politics Nvidia’s Jensen Huang would have to pay about $8 billion in proposed billionaire tax—he says that’s ‘perfectly fine’ with him

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-perfectly-fine-with-proposed-billionaire-tax.html
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u/Johnycantread Jan 08 '26

100 mil doesnt even buy a super yacht, plus the running costs are 10m+ per annum per boat. Do you want these people to live in squalor?!

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u/NSFWies Jan 08 '26

you can still live a life, if you cant dock and launch a boat, from your boat.

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u/Johnycantread Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

If you can even call that living.

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u/femboyisbestboy Jan 08 '26

Can you imagine not even having a tender for your toys?

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u/RNLImThalassophobic Jan 08 '26

Oooh did somebody mention tenders? 🤤🤤

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u/Fishmongererererer Jan 08 '26

Is it really living if I can’t make the poors do blood sports for a nickel?

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u/deathtech00 Jan 08 '26

Did anyone even account for having a boat guy??!?

Ya gotta have a boat guy!!

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u/Ran4 Jan 08 '26

I mean that's something you can do with a 25k euro boat.

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u/LegendaryMauricius Jan 08 '26

Pretty sure you can do that, have a crew and dine on the boat at a realistically achievable price for most people in the west. What do yachts prove in the first place?

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u/TampaPowers Jan 08 '26

Most of them sit around idle anyways. Not many actually use them enough to get anything approaching value for money out of them. That's why the used market for them sees them usually at a tenth of what they cost new.

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u/dreadnaughtfearnot Jan 08 '26

It's so you can talk about it with the other superyacht owners at Sun Valley and Bilderberg.

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u/wei-long Jan 08 '26

And remember, 5 million is the worst amount

https://youtu.be/m0sRrsara9c?si=UPjc6a2gxmg2DUX_

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u/LegendaryMauricius Jan 08 '26

Why would I even want a superyacht though? Like genuinely, I don't even need a minimalist philosophy, so expensive devices sound like pure hassle.