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Sergey Brin spends $500K to fight tax targeting companies with high-paid executives

Google co-founder Sergey Brin is continuing his foray into California politics with a newly reported donation to a group fighting against a proposed tax in San Francisco that would hit companies with high-paid executives in the tech hub.A political contribution filing submitted on Wednesday revealed that Brin donated $500,000 to a group that's opposing San Francisco Measure D, which will appear on voters' ballots on June 2.Advocates for the measure have argued it would crack down on wealth inequality by taxing what they view as excessive executive pay, while critics have warned it would cause...