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MIButterfly

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3. $300 million for a boat for one family?

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2026, 11:01 AM

17 hrs ago

I find that obscene. Nobody should have that kind of money.

How much good would $300 million do for this country instead of being used for a billionaire's ostentatious plaything?

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Watch: Zuckerberg's superyacht arrives in Seattle just as Meta cuts 1,400 local jobs [View all] cbabe 17 hrs ago OP

I'm just a PCB66 17 hrs ago #1

my boat sweetapogee 17 hrs ago #2

I can afford a sheet of paper Jerry2144 15 hrs ago #18

$300 million for a boat for one family? MIButterfly 17 hrs ago #3

Or that $300 million PatSeg 16 hrs ago #8

It will surely provide a few jobs. I say, let him have it DFW 16 hrs ago #9

And, if were honest, Manatee 15 hrs ago #17

Your maths are off. Meta recently laid off over 10 per cent (around 8,000) of its 78,000 workforce. Taking the 1,400 Celerity 14 hrs ago #25

I was referring to Manatee 14 hrs ago #27

it is too late to seize and sell the boat, but DonCoquixote 15 hrs ago #19

Zuckerberg and META are leeches Rob H. 14 hrs ago #24

yt link- mopinko 17 hrs ago #4

Thanks. cbabe 17 hrs ago #6

Must be seen to be believed The Blue Flower 16 hrs ago #7

More boos please pattyloutwo 2 hrs ago #35

Where are the orcas when you need them? The Madcap 17 hrs ago #5

It is flagrant indeed PatSeg 16 hrs ago #10

Or, one of those alleged underwater drones. GoCubsGo 12 hrs ago #34

Fleets of Yachts. Dawson Leery 16 hrs ago #11

Epstein Class...nt NEOH 16 hrs ago #12

Billionaires are going to billionaire - TBF 15 hrs ago #13

Damned right! Tax these parasites OUT OF EXISTANCE. There is NO excuse for this nation permitting PatrickforB 14 hrs ago #22

Yachts, long a staple of the "look how rich I am" inventory are being supplanted. BobTheSubgenius 15 hrs ago #14

Avoids taxes with Marshall Islands registration Bobstandard 15 hrs ago #15

Yes Traildogbob 13 hrs ago #29

I think Manatee 13 hrs ago #31

Thank you. Traildogbob 13 hrs ago #32

It's only 387' long, Bezos' mega-yacht is 417'. sop 15 hrs ago #16

Pigs at the trough... dlk 15 hrs ago #20

Shameless Emile 15 hrs ago #21

Tax these corporate bums. Joinfortmill 14 hrs ago #23

Toll fare charge at the Locks at the very least. cbabe 14 hrs ago #26

Although my regard for Zuckerberg is nil, that is one beautiful boat! Sogo 14 hrs ago #28

$300 million $s of drone bait. What a disgusting use of his money. Botany 13 hrs ago #30

Seize it and make it a hospital or famine relief ship. orthoclad 13 hrs ago #33