Carnival Barking for BMD (011707)
Boring Made Dull’s 29th Roundup on Economics and Social Policy is here.
How about this for a reax to my carnival entry on the taxes from the exercise of Google stock options helping to carry California?:
One would certainly have to question both the sanity and morality of Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. It’s close to insane to not take simple steps to mitigate a tax burden like this. It’s probably immoral as well – If the(y) left California, they could do more good with the tax savings by giving it to targeted charities than the kleptrocrats working for the state of California could.
Thus, staying in CA and paying the taxes is probably a net moral and economic loss to society.
You might argue the former, I suppose, though the case to me is compelling, but I think there’s little you can do to dispute the latter.
