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The annual budget for just San Francisco is $12 billion (https://sfbos.org/supervisor-fewer-budget-information https://sfbos.org/supervisor-fewer-budget-informa
by davidgay 6y ago
The annual budget for just San Francisco is $12 billion (https://sfbos.org/supervisor-fewer-budget-information https://sfbos.org/supervisor-fewer-budget-information). That's 20% of Sergey Brin's net worth.
So no, I don't think that any billionaire is even remotely close to being able to sustainably spend what any country-level government can.
For another reference: the smallest GDP listed at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(no... is ~$40B, and government spending is usually some 10s of percent of GDP.