On Sun, 30 Mar 2025 17:39:19 +0000, Mitchell Holman says...
while
the billionaires get another tax cut.
You mean like THESE billionaires?
Billionaires who backed Obama/Biden and Harris:
Arthur Blank (Atlanta Falcons)
Michael Bloomberg (Bloomberg, former New York mayor)
Neil Bluhm (Real estate)
John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins)
Amy Goldman Fowler (New York real estate)
Avram Glazer (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn)
Robert Hale, Jr. (Granite Telecommunications)
Amos Hostetter, Jr. (Cable)
Bruce Karsh (Oaktree Capital Management)
Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures)
Seth Klarman (Baupost)
Henry Laufer (Renaissance Technologies)
Stephen Mandel, Jr. (Lone Pine Capital)
George Marcus (Marcus & Millichap)
Michael Moritz (Sequoia Capital)
Dustin Moskovitz (Facebook)
John Pritzker (Hyatt hotels)
Haim Saban (Fox Family Channel)
Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook)
Eric Schmidt (Google)
Lynn Schusterman (Samson Resources)
David Shaw (D.E. Shaw)
Jim Simons (Renaissance Technologies)
Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer (Cargill)
Steven Spielberg (Hollywood director)
Thomas Steyer (Farallon Capital)
Pat Stryker (Stryker Corp.)
The following 36 billionaires made between $50,000 and $999,999 in donations to groups supporting Harris through August,
according to Forbes" analysis of FEC data: David Blitzer (Blackstone)
David Bonderman (TPG)
Edythe Broad (Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation)
Tory Burch (Tory Burch)
Rick Caruso (Los Angeles real estate)
James Chambers (Cox Enterprises)
Robert Clark (Clayco)
Barry Diller (IAC)
Dagmar Dolby (Dolby Laboratories)
Charles Ergen (DISH)
John Fish (Suffolk Construction)
Gordon Getty (Getty Oil)
James Goodnight (SAS)
Jonathan Gray (Blackstone)
Thomas Hagen (Erie Indemnity)
Reed Hastings (Netflix)
Elizabeth Johnson (Fidelity Investments)
Michael Krasny (Computer Discount Warehouse)
Chris Larsen (Ripple)
Marc Lasry (Avenue Capital Group)
Theodore Leonsis (Washington Capitals, Mystics and Wizards)
Daniel Och (Och-Ziff Capital Management)
Mark Pincus (Zynga)
Laurene Powell Jobs (Apple, gave about $900,000 to Harris Victory Fund last quarter)
Katharine Rayner (Cox Enterprises)
Stewart Resnick and Lynda Resnick (Wonderful Company)
John Sall (SAS)
Paul Sciarra (Pinterest)
George Soros (Soros Fund Management)
Jonathan Tisch and Laurie Tisch (Loews Corporation)
Todd Wagner (Broadcast.com)
Christy Walton (Walmart)
Elaine Wynn (Wynn Resorts)
Dirk Ziff (Ziff Davis)
The news outlet Bloomberg reported these additional four billionaires have donated to Harris" election funds or groups supporting
Harris" election: Melinda French Gates (Microsoft, gave about $900,000 to Harris Victory Fund last quarter)
Joe Gebbia (Airbnb)
Hamilton James (Blackstone)
Margot Perot (Ross Perot widow)
These six billionaires signed a Sept. 6 open letter supporting Harris:
Mark Cuban ("Shark Tank" investor)
José E. Feliciano (Clearlake Capital)
Magic Johnson (NBA star and investor)
Sean Parker (Facebook)
Penny Pritzker (Hyatt hotels)
Hamdi Ulukaya (Chobani)
And these three billionaires donated to a Harris committee during the third quarter, according to FEC filings analyzed by The New
York Times:
Tim Draper (Bitcoin)
J.B. Pritzker (Illinois governor)
Tyler Perry (Filmmaker)
George Sores?
Jeff Bozos?
Howard Schultz, of Starbucks Fame?
Tom Steer, The Hedge Fund Billionaire?
Michael Bloomberg?
Laurence Powell?
Marc Ben off?
Jonathan Gray?
Reid Hoffman?
Crystal Sacra?
Dustin Muscovite?
Fred Exchanger?
James H. Simons?
Stephen F.Mandel, Jar.?
Deborah J.Simon?
Wayne D.Jordan?
Christian Larsen?
Elizabeth D. Heisting?
Herb Chambers?
Ernest Ii and Joanne Garcia?
Marta Thomas Hall, Wife of David Hall?
Laurie Tics?
Jonathan and Lizzie Tics?
Len and Emily Bleating?
Gordon and Ann Getty?
Myra Block, Wife of George Kaiser?
Lukas Walton?
Gary and Laura Lauder?
Jo Carole Lauder?
Ralph Lauren?
Timothy and Mary Boyle?
Robert and Elizabeth Fisher?
Vivien Wang, Wife of Roger Wang?
Sidney and Caroline Kimmel?
Eric Zinterhofer, Husband of Aerie Lauder?
Michael Rubin?
Mimi Haas?
Yvonne and Melinda Chou nard?
Judith Blackman Lauder, Wife of Leonard Lauder?
Jeannie Nordstrom, Wife of Bruce Nordstrom?
Joan Almond, Wife of Bill Almond?
Chris and Crystal Sacra?
J.B. and M.K. Ritzier?
Jim and Marilyn Simons?
Tom Steer and Kat Taylor?
Henry and Marsha Lauer?
Bruce and Martha Kart?
Stephen and Susan Mandel?
George Sores and Tami Bolton?
Nicholas and Susan Ritzier?
Sami and Hale Moneymen?
Jonathan and Mindy Gray?
Eli and Edith Broad?
William Conway Jar.?
Jennifer Ritzier?
Penny Ritzier and Bryan Trouper?
Mike and Erin Bangle?
Thomas Hagen?
David and Beth Shaw?
Daniel and Karen Ritzier?
Debra Black, Wife of Leon Black?
Jim and Penny Coulter?
Howard and Nancy Marks?
Daniel and Jane Ouch?
Hamilton James?
Antonym Kessler?
David Bonder man and Laurie Michaels?
James Dina and Elizabeth Miller?
Judy Demon, Wife of Jamie Demon?
Sam Bank man-Fried?
Chris Larsen?
Paul Tudor Jones?
Marc Lawry?
Pablo Logorrhea?
Anna Chapman, Wife of Ronald Perelman?
Seth and Beth Karma?
Dirk and Natasha Ziff?
Daniel and Brianna Ziff?
Lisa Piazza, Wife of David Glob?
Abigail Johnson and Christopher McKeon?
Michelle Lecher, Wife of Robert Ziff?
Margaret Loeb, Wife of Daniel Loeb?
John Ritzier?
Karen Ritzier?
David Siegel?
Sandra Tamer, Wife of Tony Tamer?
Heather Baker, Wife of Felix Baker?
Joseph Edelman?
Jose Feliciano and Kwanza Jones?
Margot Ritzier, Wife of Thomas Ritzier?
Linear Roberts, Wife of George Roberts?
Karen Finer man, Wife of Lawrence Glob?
Thomas Lee?
Greg Monde?
Susan Seraphim, Wife of Fayez Seraphim?
Ruth Gateman, Wife of David Gateman?
Food and Beverage?
Howard and Sheri Schultz?
Daniel and Michelle Lubetzky?
S. Daniel Abraham?
Stewart and Lynda Redneck?
Andrew and Peggy Cheering?
Pamela Perry Reyes, Wife of Duke Reyes?
Marianne Petropoulos, Wife of C. Dean Petropoulos?
Tillman and Paige Ferrite?
Gwendolyn Sondheim Meyer?
Lauren Santo Domingo, Wife of Andres Santo Domingo?
Jacqueline Mars?
Gambling and Casinos?
Elaine Wynn?
Gibe Newell?
Kathy Yarbrough, Wife of Jon Yarbrough?
Healthcare?
Pat Stryker?
Jon Stryker?
Harriet Schaefer, Wife of Leonard Schaefer?
Media and Entertainment?
Him and Cheryl Saba?
Reed Hastings and Patty Quill in?
James Chambers and Nubile Khashoggi Chambers?
Thomas Second?
George Lucas and Melody Hobson?
Thomas Toll?
Barry Duller?
Steven Spielberg and Kate Caps haw?
Amos and Barbara Hostettler?
Tyler Perry?
Katharine Rayners?
Aileen Roberts, Wife of Brian Roberts?
Charles and Merry Sugar?
Sarah Kennedy, Wife of Jim Kennedy?
Sarah Madness, Wife of Gary Madness?
David Geffen?
Sandra Gerry, Wife of Alan Gerry?
Jerry Hall, Wife of Rupert Murdoch?
Real Estate?
Amy Goldman Fowler and Cary Fowler?
George and Judy Marcus?
Neil Bloom?
Robert and Jane Toll?
Herb and Bui Simon?
Jorge Perez and Darlene Boy tell-Perez?
Katherine Farley, Wife of Jerry Spryer?
Susan Sorbet, Wife of John Sorbet?
Sports?
Arthur Blank?
Theodore and Lynn Leon sis?
Technology?
James and Kristy Clark?
Jeff and Erica Lawson?
Sean and Alexandra Parker?
Dustin Muscovite?
John And Ann Doer?
Laurence Powell Jobs?
Mark Pinks?
Nora Shah?
Jeff Skull?
Meg Whitman?
Reid Hoffman and Michelle Yee?
Eric and Wendy Schmidt?
Nicole Sitcom, Wife of Kevin Sitcom?
Evan and Sara Williams?
Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki?
Dammar Dolby?
Tom and Theresa Preston-Werner?
Joe Gabbier?
Craig Newark?
Judy Faulkner?
Vend Kola?
Michael Kristy?
ROMs and Kathleen Adjani?
Liz Lefkofsky, Wife of Eric Lefkofsky?
Allison Bursa, Wife of Anneal Bursa?
Alexander Karp?
Jack Dangermond?
Ryan Graves?
Nicole Shanahan, Wife of Sergey Bring?
Andy Fang?
Stanley Tang?
Tony Bu?
John and Virginia Sal?
Ben and Diva Silverman?
Drew Houston?
Alexis Lê-Quos?
Della Maxwell, Wife of Patrick Harahan?
Jared Smith?
Kelsey Bateman, Wife of Bobby Murphy?
Margot Birmingham Perot?
Kendra Hyatt, Wife of JPL Hyatt?
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