Another liberal trasplant showing his true colors. This city is full of the same type of jerks as this guy, I don't need to watch TV to see it I just have to walk outside my front door. Most of the whiny, self-rightous snobs who make up the "liberal elite" of this city are not native San Franciscans. Not that I have anything against people who relocate - my best friend is originally from Philly - but the majority of people I meet who move here are cut from the same cloth and I wouldn't use that cloth to wipe my butt.
So this guy behaves like a complete boor and horse's ass on TV and the Chronicle doesn't report it for two weeks. And then, when it does report it, the Chronicle....you guessed it....defends the guy. Just hamming up, that's all. Nothing to see here...move along. To me, this guy represents what I call the "Entitlement Class". He is a limey, over here in the U.S. living of the fat of the land, and benefitting from the U.S. government (more on that in a moment). Yet, he has the arrogance to criticize the very country and system that are making him enormously wealthy. Being a venture capitalist, most of his income is in the form of carried interest, i.e. a share of the investment gains from the companies his VC firm invests in. Amazingly, these gains are taxed at capital gains rates, not ordinary income rates. So, while the rest of us poor bastards have to pay 35% taxes on our income, this guy is paying something like 15%. If that's not a handout, I don't know what is.
I’m sorry, those are from http://blog.stephenfowlersucks.com/