"I never thought I'd live in California. I grew up in Colorado, went to college in Boston, and lived in Texas. I came out here for business school because I wanted to be at Stanford, and because you could play golf during the winter. Now I love it here. It has nothing to do with taxes; taxes have never been anywhere on our list of criteria for deciding where to live. I want to live where my family is and love the weather, the jobs,"
"Taxes are the price that we pay to live in a civil society. We have to do this together. There are examples all around the world of the power of effective government, and just like anything else, government needs to be funded. We should make it effective and efficient. I'm proud to pay the taxes I pay. I should pay taxes that are higher than other people because I have more wealth than other people - that makes sense."
"I went to Harvard undergrad, worked at McKinsey for three years, and then went to Stanford. I then worked at Hewlett-Packard for almost eight years. In 2007, my wife was a VP at Yahoo and we had two small kids. I looked at my boss's job, and at the CEO's job, and decided I didn't ever want those roles. I thought, "Uh-oh, I'm on this ladder, and it's not really where I want to go.""
A 55-year-old Silicon Valley millionaire supports California's proposed 5% billionaire wealth tax and believes wealthy people should pay more to fund effective government services. He views taxes as the price of civil society and emphasizes funding government to make it effective and efficient. Residency decisions were driven by family, weather, jobs, and dynamism rather than taxes. Financial success came largely from his wife's career and his early work at Harvard, McKinsey, Stanford, and Hewlett-Packard. He chose to be a stay-at-home parent while his wife advanced in the tech industry. He is a member of Patriotic Millionaires advocating fair tax policy, livable wages, and equal political access.
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