Sergey Brin's invention saved my vision, analyst says as Sanders targets $82M tax push

A social media clash over California's proposed billionaire tax took a personal turn this week when policy analyst Patrick Hedger credited a Google co-founder's search engine with helping save his eyesight. The exchange started after Senator Bernie Sanders attacked Sergey Brin for pouring money into defeating Proposition 40, the November ballot measure that would levy a one-time 5% tax on California residents worth more than $1 billion.Sanders posted on July 18 that Brin, worth roughly $276 billion, could fund healthcare for three million people but instead was spending $82 million to sink the tax. Hedger fired back with a story of his own, saying Brin's search engine helped him find a doctor who fixed his vision after four others had given up.