Killer-whale-submarine is awesome, baffling, singlehanded argument for progressive taxation
Climb in your metal Orca and breach the sea.
By Alex Hern Published 04 December 2012 12:24
A seabreacher breaches the sea. Photograph: Seabreacher.com
Things I learned over the weekend: 1) There is a magazine called Yacht Investor, which people read on trains out of Waterloo. 2) The sort of person who Invests in Yachts is also the target market for something called a Seabreacher, which has just launched "a new Orca model".
Here is a video of the new Orca model:
The seabreacher costs "around $100,000", and singlehandedly makes the argument for progressive taxation. I have no qualms about saying: If you own this, you have too much money.
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