Google has co-operated with the ACCC, admitted liability and agreed to jointly submit to the Court that Google should pay a total penalty of $55 million
$55 million penalty for Google is a joke.
Wait, we need compulsory ID checks to visit adult content but no checks with Chatgpt who is there to help you plan your suicide?
We are about to face an epidemic of AI cat fishing, scams, and unhealthy relationships that corporations are pushing on us.
This is like the Atomic bomb only with propaganda and psychological manipulation. The war for the human mind just got a shortcut and the Techbros are in charge.
In 2025 it would be anything above 3.6 million. It's a ton of money but here's a list of a few people that hit it.
https://aflcio.org/paywatch/highest-paid-ceos
Now if they added in a progressive tax rate for corporate taxes as well.... Say anything over 500 million in net profit is taxed at a 90+% rate. That would solve all sorts of issues. Suddenly investors of all these mega corps would be pushing hard to divide up the companies into smaller entities.
Wealth tax in the modern age could be an inheritance tax. Anything over the median life earnings of individuals could be taxed at 100%. So median earnings in my area is $65K * 45 years (20-65k) = $2.93 million.
Now you hit me curious too. This was my source on Texas https://www.texasalmanac.com/place-types/town
Also the total number of total towns is over 4,000 with only 3k unincorporated, I did get the numbers wrong even in Texas.
I had looked at Wikipedia but could not find totals, only lists
I feel like I'm in those years of You really want a 3d TV, right? Right? 3D is what you've been waiting for, right? all over again, but with a different technology.
It will be VR's turn again next.
I admit I'm really rooting for affordable, real-world, daily-use AR though.