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Lütke's tax-weighted voting endorsement

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In social media posts reported July 29, Tobi Lütke endorsed weighting Canadian voting power by income tax paid, including giving high earners up to five votes and denying votes to people who pay no tax. The report describes the endorsement and his comments about pensioners; it does not report a clarification or retreat, or whether the proposal has been withdrawn or abandoned.

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    1. Update 1Shopify CEO Backed Giving the Rich More Votes and Pensioners None

    The story so far

    1. Update 1

      Shopify CEO Backed Giving the Rich More Votes and Pensioners None

      Shopify's billionaire CEO backed weighting votes by income tax and excluding non-taxpayers and pensioners, prompting weeks of condemnation and no change in law.

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      • No verified full text of the @EricSThor proposal or confirmed verbatim Lütke wording beyond the endorsement.
      • No confirmed vote brackets, with only Coyne's one-vote-per-$100,000 description available and CBC excerpt truncated.

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    Who's involved

    People

    • Andrew CoyneCanadian magazine editor and journalist1 report
    • Tobias LütkeGerman entrepreneur and software developer1 report

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    • CanadaCanada1 report

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