CEO says US should let billionaires and hedge funds 'get wiped out' - Business Insider

'They don't get to summer in the Hamptons? Who cares?': CEO says US should let billionaires and hedge funds get 'wiped out' during the coronavirus crisis

that poor-performing billionaires, hedge funds, and massive companies — including airlines — deserved to be "wiped out" during the coronavirus pandemic.

in a span of two weeks. Palihapitiya said average Americans filing for unemployment would bear the brunt of the economic crisis, not billionaires, their companies, or hedge funds.

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